Revazyan: Armenia, Syria will establish air link in 2020February 13, 2020 - 17:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia and Syria will be establishing a new air link in 2020, chairwoman of the Civil Aviation Committee Tatevik Revazyan said. The issue was raised by lawmaker Gevorg Gorgisyan at a Q&A session in the National Assembly on Thursday, February 13, Sputnik Armenia reports. Gorgisyan said it is not clear why no such agreement exists so far, given the extensive Armenian diaspora living in Syria. Revazian said, however, that issue has already been discussed with the Foreign Ministry and that the agreement is expected to be finalized in 2020. Also Thursday, Revazyan said the passenger flow from Armenia is not sufficient for launching direct flights between Yerevan and Los Angeles. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |