Armenian national football team will face Bosnia and Herzegovina and Finland
on 23 and 26 March consequently as part of the Euro 2020 Group J qualifications matches.
As the football federation reported, the national team has started a training camp at the Technical Centre of the Football Federation. Head coach Armen Gyulbdaghyants earlier announced the squad for the upcoming matches with 27 players invited to join the team. Sargis Adamyan and Norberto Briasko-Balekyan are expected to join the squad on Tuesday evening.
Armenian team of figure skaters have left for Japan to take part in the 2019 ISU World Figure Skating Championships to open on Wednesday in Saitama, Japan. As the National Olympic Committee reported, Armenia will be represented by Slavik Hayrapetyan and Anastasia Galustyan.
According to the source, Anastasia Galustyan will perform a short programme on March 20, while Slavik Hayrapetyan will perform on March 21.
The Armenian team is accompanied by the President of the Figure Skating Federation of Armenia Melanya Stepanyan and Deputy President Ari Zakaryan.
There is no obstacle for Armenia-EU CEPA ratification – Italian Ambassador
18:08, 15 March, 2019
YEREVAN, MARCH 15, ARMENPRESS. President of the National Assembly of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to Armenia Vincenzo del Monaco on March 15, ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the parliament of Armenia.
Welcoming the guest the Head of the parliament has highlighted the dynamically developing friendly relations with Italy, which are based on our two peoples’ centuries-old rich historical-cultural heritage. Ararat Mirzoyan has noted that all preconditions are available for the further development of the bilateral relations.
The President of the National Assembly emphasized the visit of the President of Italy Sergio Mattarella to Armenia in July of the last year, which had given a new impetus to the Armenian-Italian centuries-old relations. According to him, such visits promote the deepening and enlivening of the bilateral ties.
Evaluating the activities of the Parliamentary Friendship Groups in the development of the inter-parliamentary ties, the Head of the legislative body has stated that in the near future in the National Assembly an Armenian-Italian Friendship Group would be formed and firm relations would be established between them.
The President of the National Assembly expressed his gratitude for the participation of the Italian parliamentarians of the OSCE Observation Mission in the parliamentary elections held on December 9.
Touching upon Armenia-European Union Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement, Ararat Mirzoyan expressed hope that the Italian colleagues would show support in ratifying the document within possible short term in the Italian Parliament.
The Head of the Parliament highly assessed personally the Ambassador’s activities in the development of the Armenian-Italian relations for the benefit of the two countries’ development and welfare.
The National Assembly President reaffirmed his invitations to the Presidents of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of Italy to visit Armenia.
Vincenzo del Monaco has congratulated Ararat Mirzoyan on being appointed in the high post and agreed that the bilateral relations are based on the centuries-old traditions. “Italy is the country, where the Armenian community has been formed since ancient times,” the Ambassador said. In the advancement of the political dialogue between the two countries he emphasized the role of the parliamentary diplomacy. With regards to the Armenia-EU Agreement the Ambassador noted that there is no obstacle for its ratification, it is carried out in accordance with the national legislation procedures.
Monday,
Mediators Say ‘Reducing Tensions’ Key Ahead of Armenian-Azerbaijani Summit
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Armenia -- Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian (R) meeting with the co-chairs of the
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International mediators brokering a peaceful solution to the protracted
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have urged the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to
refrain from statements and actions “suggesting significant changes to the
situation on the ground” ahead of their summit talks expected soon. In a statement published on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe’s (OSCE) official website, Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group Igor Popov, of
Russia, Stephane Visconti, of France, and Andrew Schofer, of the United States,
welcomed the commitment of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to meet soon under the auspices of the
Co-Chairs. The Co-Chairs said that working closely with the two countries’ foreign
ministers, they “have been making preparations for this important leaders’
meeting”, which will be the first direct contact between Pashinian and Aliyev
conducted under Co-Chair auspices. The Co-Chairs underlined the importance of “maintaining an environment
conducive to productive discussions and continue to assess positively the
recent lack of casualties on the front lines.”
“The Co-Chairs also welcome some initial steps being taken in the region to
prepare the populations for peace and encourage the sides to intensify such
efforts. At the same time, the Co-Chairs reiterate the critical importance of
reducing tensions and minimizing inflammatory rhetoric. In this context, the
Co-Chairs urge the sides to refrain from statements and actions suggesting
significant changes to the situation on the ground, prejudging the outcome of
or setting conditions for future talks, demanding unilateral changes to the
format without agreement of the other party, or indicating readiness to renew
active hostilities,” the mediating troika said. Pashinian and Aliyev traded accusations in their public statements earlier this
month just days after the U.S., Russian and French mediators co-chairing the
OSCE Minsk Group announced that the two leaders had agreed to meet soon for
further talks. Speaking in parliament on March 6, the Armenian prime minister dismissed Baku’s
offers to grant Karabakh a high degree of autonomy, insisting that “the people
of Nagorno-Karabakh have a right to self-determination and must be able to
exercise that right.” The Azerbaijani leader claimed, for his part, the day
before that “Yerevan is not showing a serious desire to conduct substantive
negotiations and is trying to impede a Karabakh settlement by all means.”
Referring to “some contradictory recent public statements on the substance of
the Minsk Group process”, the Co-Chairs reiterated that “a fair and lasting
settlement must be based on the core principles of the Helsinki Final Act,
including in particular the non-use or threat of force, territorial integrity,
and the equal rights and self-determination of peoples.”
“It also should embrace additional elements as proposed by the Presidents of
the Co-Chair countries in 2009-2012, including: return of the territories
surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani control; an interim status for
Nagorno-Karabakh providing guarantees for security and self-governance; a
corridor linking Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh; future determination of the final
legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh through a legally binding expression of will;
the right of all internally displaced persons and refugees to return to their
former places of residence; and international security guarantees that would
include a peacekeeping operation.”
In their statement the Co-Chairs further stressed their view that “these
principles and elements must be the foundation of any fair and lasting
settlement to the conflict and should be conceived as an integrated whole.”
“Any attempt to put some principles or elements over others would make it
impossible to achieve a balanced solution,” the mediators said. “The Co-Chairs are prepared to meet with the leaders and foreign ministers of
Armenia and Azerbaijan at any time, and call on the leaders to resume
negotiations in good faith at the earliest opportunity. Continuous and direct
dialogue between Baku and Yerevan conducted under the auspices of the Co-Chairs
remains an essential element in building confidence and advancing the peace
process. The Co-Chairs will also continue to discuss, as appropriate, relevant
issues with the interested parties directly affected by the conflict,
recognizing that their views and concerns must be taken into account for any
negotiated solution to succeed,” Popov, Visconti and Schofer emphasized in
their joint statement. “The Co-Chairs stress that they remain fully committed, in accordance with
their mandate, to helping the sides find a peaceful solution to the conflict. The Co-Chairs also express their full support for the impartial and critical
monitoring work undertaken by the Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairperson-in-Office and his team.”
Armenian PM In Karabakh For Security Council Meeting
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Armenian PM Nikol Pashinian meeting with Karabakh leader Bako Sahakian,
Stepanakert,
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh where
he is to chair a meeting of Armenia’s Security Council planned for tomorrow,
his press service said on Monday. According to the Armenian Government’s Information and Public Relations
Department, Bako Sahakian, the leader of Karabakh, will also be present at the
meeting. Officials have not yet published details relating to the agenda of the Security
Council’s meeting, promising to do so later. It is also unclear why Prime Minister Pashinian has decided to hold the meeting
of Armenia’s Security Council in Nagorno-Karabakh. David Babayan, a spokesman for the Nagorno-Karabakh president, promised to
provide details after the meeting is held. “Don’t think that something extraordinary happened and that’s why he
[Pashinian] came. This is a planned working visit not focused on anything
extraordinary,” Babayan told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service. Pashinian is visiting Stepanakert two days after international mediators
seeking to broker a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict issued a
statement ahead of planned Armenian-Azerbaijani summit talks. The United States, Russian and French co-chairs of the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Minsk Group welcomed “some initial
steps being taken in the region to prepare the populations for peace and
encourage the sides to intensify such efforts.” At the same time, they
reiterated “the critical importance of reducing tensions and minimizing
inflammatory rhetoric.”
“In this context, the Co-Chairs urge the sides to refrain from statements and
actions suggesting significant changes to the situation on the ground,
prejudging the outcome of or setting conditions for future talks, demanding
unilateral changes to the format without agreement of the other party, or
indicating readiness to renew active hostilities,” the mediating troika said. The statement came days after Pashinian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
traded accusations in their public statements in the context of their vision of
the settlement of the protracted conflict. Also, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Miroslav Laichak is expected to arrive in Armenia
on a two-day visit on March 12. Laichak already traveled to Baku last week,
stating in the Azerbaijani capital that he considered the settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to be one of the priorities of his chairmanship. Incidentally, on Monday the Azerbaijani army launched large-scale military
exercises that will continue for five days and will involve up to 10,000
troops, 500 tanks, 300 missile systems, aircraft and other heavy materiel. According to an official statement, the troops will carry out an offensive
plan, trying to defeat the conventional enemy in a number of directions. It is
reported that new weapons acquired by Azerbaijan in recent years will also be
used during the current military exercises. Armenia’s Foreign Ministry said the drills “do not contribute to the creation
of an environment conducive to peace.”
Some Workers Protest Against Planned Tax Reform
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Armenia -- A protest near the Government’s building against the upcoming
amendments to the Law on State Duty. 11March,2019
Workers and owners of a number of companies involved in different sectors held
protests on Monday against a planned reform of the tax legislation that they
claim will hit their industries hard. The separate protests at the central government office in Yerevan included
workers of Hay Cola, an Armenian company producing carbonated drinks, and
owners of pawnshops and currency exchange offices. Hay Cola employees demanded the revision of planned tax code provisions,
according to which excise taxes will be applied in relation to carbonated
beverages containing sugar, flavor and odor additives. According to the company’s director Tigran Hovsepian, if the changes are
adopted, hundreds of workers will become unemployed amid falling sales. Hovsepian said that the tax burden will only slightly affect companies working
in the more expensive segment of the beverages market as prices for their
products are expected to rise by only some 11-15 percent. “It is the sales in
the ‘economy’ segment of the market that will definitely suffer terrible
losses,” he claimed. The reason for the protest by owners of pawnshops and currency exchange offices
is the draft amendments proposed by the Central Bank in the law on state
duties, which, if approved, will sharply raise the annual rate of fees paid in
these areas. Under the bill, in the case with pawnshops, the state duty will amount to 6
million drams (about $12,300) instead of the current 100,000 drams (over $200),
and in the case with currency exchange offices their owners will pay 3 million
drams instead of the current $50,000. “About 80 percent of today’s currency exchange points do not have sufficient
profits to be able to pay that kind of fee. It makes this business
unprofitable,” one of the demonstrators told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service. While the protesters were waiting for Finance Minister Atom Janjughazian to
come out and listen to their demands, Deputy Parliament Speaker Alen Simonian,
who represents Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract Party, came to
meet with the protesters. “I cannot answer [your questions] now. But I promise that I will discuss all
this with my colleagues. I will discuss it not only at the National Assembly,
but also with representatives of my political team. I will tell them that there
is such a problem,” Simonian said. Senior NATO Official Visits Armenia
Armenia -- NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and
Central Asia James Appathurai in Yerevan. 11March, 2019
James Appathurai, NATO deputy assistant secretary general for political affairs
and the secretary general’s special representative for the Caucasus and Central
Asia, arrived in Armenia on Monday for an annual NATO Week event held this year
on March 11-15. While in Yerevan the NATO representative also held meetings with a number of
senior Armenian officials, including President Armen Sarkissian. At a meeting with Sarkissian in Yerevan, Appathurai described Armenia as a
“stable and trustworthy partner.”
Appathurai and Sarkissian also underlined Armenia’s effective participation in
a number of NATO-Armenia projects, including in international peacekeeping
missions, the Armenian president’s press service said. Matters relating to
regional and international developments were also discussed, it added. While in Yerevan the NATO representative also met with Defense Minister David
Tonoyan and Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanian. During the meeting between Tonoyan and Appathurai a number of issues related to
Armenia-NATO cooperation, in particular, the course of events planned for the
Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) and Planning and Review
Process partnership, their summary and assessment, as well as planning for the
coming years were discussed. According to the Armenian Defense Ministry’s official website, the sides
stressed the importance of Armenia’s participation in NATO’s peacekeeping
missions in Kosovo and Afghanistan as a major contribution to international
security. Issues related to regional security were also discussed at the meeting, the
official report added. Later, Armenian Foreign Minister Mnatsakanian and Appathurai discussed
prospects of continued political dialogue between Armenia and NATO as part of
the IPAP, the process of reforms in the defense and security areas, cooperation
in emergency situations, science and a number of other areas of mutual interest. According to the Armenian Foreign Ministry’s official website, Mnatsakanian and
the NATO secretary general’s special representative exchanged views on a number
of regional and international issues. At the request of Appathurai, Minister Mnatsakanian presented “Armenia’s
foreign-policy priorities, the approaches and principle-based position of the
Armenian side in the matter of peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.”
At a press conference later on Monday the NATO official said that during his
meetings with Armenia’s defense minister and foreign minister they also
addressed the recent sending by Armenia of a humanitarian mission to Syria,
including sappers and medics. Appathurai said both ministers clearly presented the political and humanitarian
reasons for the Armenian government to take that step. Reprinted on ANN/Armenian News with permission from RFE/RL
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By Trend
Illegal economic and other activities in the occupied territories is a very important problem for the world community, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at the “Illegality of Economic and Other Activities in and with Regard to Territories Under Military Occupation: Third-Party Obligations and Implications for Conflict Resolution” International Conference.
The minister noted that Armenians are artificially changing the demographic landscape in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan.
“The Armenian government has announced the resettlement of Syrian Armenians, which is a violation of a number of international conventions,” Mammadyarov said.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister stressed that there are foreign companies illegally operating in some regions of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia.
“For example, the Swiss watchmaking company Franck Muller. There is also a factory there. We have managed to achieve the ceasing of the illegal activities of this company,” he said.
Countries should not allow their companies to violate international law, as the minister noted.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
On 8 February, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan introduced the government’s ‘revolutionary economic programme’. The programme promised to create ‘radical economic growth’, but critics say it lacks substance, putting too much emphasis on the actions of the public.
On 14 February, the ‘revolutionary’ programme extolled by Pashinyan was adopted by Parliament in an 88-40 vote.
In his speech to Parliament, Pashinyan emphasised the main points of the programme, with a focus on national unity and civil solidarity in addition to a public rejection of corruption.
He also discussed the separation of politics from business, and the creation of favourable businesses conditions, which would be achieved by steps such as eliminating artificial monopolies.
The five-year programme consists of seven provisions, from improving the armed forces to strengthening foreign policy, each with their own subpoints. Provisions 4 and 5 provide the framework for the proposed economic revolution.
Provision 4 addresses the government’s plan to eliminate corruption. According to the text, ‘fighting corruption is one of the key priorities of the government. In that fight, the government will be unyielding and intolerant’.
The provision goes on to state that a prerequisite to ending corruption is the establishment of an independent judiciary that would exclude corruption among judges. This system would not only be able to monitor corruption in the state, but also examine cases related to corruption.
Provision 5 elaborates that the state and government’s role is to make the lives of the people better and create more favourable conditions for their happiness. To this end, it says people should be more engaged in public life, via the economy, and be certain that they have a realistic opportunity to make changes.
A sub-point of this provision expands on this topic, stating that there is no legislative obstacle in Armenia to solving inequality. It is up to the government’s assertiveness and political will to come up with a solution to this problem.
Since being unveiled, the programme has come under fire for its lack of concrete numbers and timelines, and for passing the buck to regular people.
Derenik Malkhasyan, a political commentator at Politica.am, told OC Media that Armenians expect the programme to improve their socio-economic situation. He said people want the government programme to explain what positive changes will take place ‘in their lives, pockets, and refrigerators’ — and when. In this respect, he said the programme cannot be called ‘revolutionary’, because as of yet, nothing has actually changed in people’s lives.
With the expectation being that the government would take charge, Malkhasyan said that many people ‘were taken aback’ by the idea that it would be up to them to create an economic revolution by actively engaging in public life.
Nikol Pashinyan, who led the peaceful revolution that toppled the government of the Republican Party of Armenia, is now proposing an ‘economic revolution’ in the country (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)
According to him, a better precedent is the Georgian model, where former President Mikheil Saakashvili attracted investments by effectively managing tax privileges, eliminating business related red-tape, and by developing infrastructure.
Pashinyan’s government, on the other hand, has argued that the Armenian public will bring about economic revolution through the same unity that made a political revolution a reality. As he said in his statement to Parliament on 14 February, ‘individual transformation is a crucial factor for public transformation’.
Hayk Konjoryan, an MP from Pashinya’s My Step bloc, denied claims that the government was holding citizens primarily responsible for an economic revolution. He cited Pashinyan as saying ‘the government is responsible for taking steps one, two, three, four, and all the way to 100’ to reach the forecasted end — an economic revolution in this case. Citizens would only be responsible for what comes after, he insisted.
According to Konjoryan, in the past, people were forced to believe they could not do anything and that their vote would not change anything. Now, it is the other way around, he said. The Prime Minister said that ‘the country and its power belong to its people and they should have a say’, Konjoryan explained.
The opposition, the Bright Armenia and Prosperous Armenia parties, hold a different view. They have vigorously criticised the programme for having no structure, for not meeting the challenges the country faces, be they economic or social, and for not outlining mechanisms and timelines to achieve any targets.
Bright Armenia MP Gevorg Gorgisyan said in a debate that they had not seen any targeted steps towards the objectives so far. According to him, the programme does not outline any steps, such as a framework for citizens to start businesses.
‘Abstract concepts do not make an economic revolution’, Gorgisyan said during the debate. According to him, citizens expect ‘concrete actions’, which require political will, resistance, and knowledge.
Provision 5.1 of the government’s programme states that one of the key factors hindering Armenia’s development has been an absence of fairness, manifested in the existence and impunity of a privileged class. To fix this issue, the government expressed a will to ensure a fair and transparent business environment.
Pashinyan’s proposals include easing the ‘unbearable loan loads’ on agricultural workers and requiring shops to print cash receipts. However, these policies do not affect everyone equally.
Smbat (not his real name) has run a small shop in downtown Yerevan for close to 15 years. He knows all of his main customers by face, and therefore, has rarely printed cash receipts.
‘If I expose all my turnover, I will eventually end up with nothing,’ he told OC Media.
Smbat questioned why the government did not start enacting this policy for big businesses. According to him, once he sees measures being taken towards forcing ‘the sharks’ to follow the law, he will be ‘first’ to expose his actual turnover and pay all his taxes accordingly.
Until then, Smbat says that if the government is ‘dishonest’ they should ‘not expect us to be honest,’ adding that ‘selective equality is not a good thing’.
Smbat has also questioned how small businesses are expected to expand when interest rates for loans have ‘hit the ceiling’ and are now unreasonably high. According to him, if any small businesses want to grow — he himself wants to be a supermarket owner one day — they need a large amount of capital that can only be granted through loans.
He said favourable business conditions are only becoming more favourable for those who had already had an advantage in the first place, once again, big businesses.
‘How can they expect someone like me to pay all the crazy taxes, pay employees, repay loans, and still benefit? When they say favourable conditions for someone like me, I automatically think they will ease the interest rates at least. Instead, it’s going the other way around,’ he told OC Media.
Like Smbat, Khachik, a father of three, hoped to start a business following Pashinyan’s appeals. A Nagorno-Karabakh war veteran, who, as a result of a grenade explosion, was classified as having a disability. Khachik told OC Media that from the very first day, he supported the revolution and Pashinyan’s government.
Thousands came to the streets in April 2018 in support of Pashinyan’s ‘Velvet Revolution’. (Mania Israyelyan / OC Media)
Jubilant crowds celebrated in Yerevan’s Republic Square after Pashinyan’s appointment as PM on 8 May, ending two decades of Republican Party (Armine Avetisyan /OC Media)
Following Pashinyan’s appeal ‘to come into the forefront and become a taxpayer’, Khachik decided to become an entrepreneur and turned down his social welfare pension, around ֏36,000 ($75) per month. ‘I want to work legally, I want to pay taxes and contribute to the country’s prosperity’, he toldOC Media.
Khachik’s first idea was to import tangerines from Georgia and sell them in the market. However, to his deep disappointment, he found that at the border, fruit smugglers have ‘crooked deals’ that allow them to bypass customs. Therefore, while tangerines will cost him ֏250 ($0.50) per kilo, the above-mentioned dealers can sell them for ֏150 ($0.30). After learning of this, he gave up the idea and began looking at how to start an agribusiness.
In order to start this small-scale project, Khachik needed a loan from the bank. Though he ‘knocked on the doors of all the banks’, he was rejected everywhere because he was not a registered employee with a stable income that would guarantee he could repay the loan.
‘Indeed, there is no monopoly now, but neither is there a fair and equal environment’, he said, adding that the prime minister has repeatedly encouraged regular people to start businesses and make investments.
Khachik has frozen his business plans for now and is waiting until the law comes ‘to apply to everyone’. He still believes in the new government, however, and ‘expects changes soon’.
Andranik Tevanyan, director of the Politeconomy Research Institute, a local think-tank, told OC Media that he did not believe the government programme would bring ‘revolutionary GDP growth’.
Political scientist and economist Andranik Tevanyan said the government wasn’t clear on it’s GDP growth targets. (Andranik Tevanyan / Facebook)
He said that while bank interest rates were the responsibility of the Central Bank, not the government, there were actions the government could take to help small businesses.
Though the government envisaged a tax exemption for small social enterprises with an annual turnover of less than ֏24 million ($50,000), Tevanyan said this was not enough for most small businesses. According to him, the government could create a better environment for business by increasing the turnover threshold to ֏150–֏200 million ($300,000–$400,000).
As for what it means to create a ‘favorable environment’, Tevanyan said the phrasing was very vague, and that those who wrote it do not themselves understand what it means.
He added that there are no details or tools and mechanisms as to how they are going to create such an environment. Overall, Tevanyan said the programme was just another wish, with nothing to back it up.
President Sarkissian sends congratulatory message to Emir of Kuwait
18:58,
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 25, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian sent a congratulatory message to Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabahi on the occasion of the National Holiday of the country.
As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the Armenian President’s Office, Armen Sarkissian expressed confidence that the existing friendly relations between the two states are a firm ground for further developing bilateral relations for the benefit of the two peoples.
Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan
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