"Armenian-French privileged relations are in safe hands and will continue to expand and deepen for the benefit of both countries", stated the Armenian premier
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Israel was Azerbaijan's largest arms exporter for the last two years, selling the country USD 385 million worth of arms.
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Welcoming the Georgian Prime Minister, Mamuka Bakhtadze, to Yerevan the Armenian leader said that "the task is to bring the economic component in line with the level of political relations between the two nations".
Announcing the decision, Parliament Chairman Irakli Kobakhidze said that the Georgian Dream had kept its promise not to support one of its own members for the post of president.
Officials of the de facto Abkhaz government insist that the death was the result of an accident, not a terrorist attack. The driver of the car that drove into the official convoy is reported to be a young Abkhaz. Law enforcement sources in Sukhumi say that he was under the influence of drugs.
"I can say with confidence that there are no unsolvable issues in our relations, and we, of course, today will discuss a very wide range of issues", the Armenian prime minister said at the start of his discussions with the Russian leader.