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RPG-26, Dragunov sniper rifles, armored Russian rubles. Advance payments amount to of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in- The loan allocated is for the financing and the “Tiger” cars, engineering tools and means of at least 10% of the value of each contract and northern direction of Martakert, informed Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk and his supply of military products from Russia. communication. are implemented by the Armenian side in favor Information and Public Relations Department Field Assistant Jiri Aberle (Czech Republic). According to the document, Armenia purchased The report said that the list may be amended by of the Russian authorized entities in Russian of NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The monitoring passed in accordance with the Russian MLRS “Smerch” and ammunition, anti- mutual written agreement between the Federal rubles. agreed schedule. No violation of the cease-fire From the positions of the NKR Defense regime was registered. Army, the monitoring was conducted by Field From the Karabakh side, the monitoring Assistants of the Personal Representative of mission was accompanied by representatives President Sahagian Received Armenia’s Newly-appointed the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Yevgeny Sharov of the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs and (Ukraine) and Khristo Khristov (Bulgaria), as Ministry of Defense. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Pago Sahagian Gave Corresponding United States On 15 February President Pago Hovhanissian on assuming the responsible Instructions For Solution of Stepanakert Sahagian received Armenia’s newly- position. appointed Ambassador Extraordinary The meeting touched upon a range of issues and Plenipotentiary to the United States related to providing truthful information Krikor Hovhanissian, Central Information about Artsakh in various US platforms and Problems Department of the Office of the Artsakh deepening the inter-Armenian ties. Republic President stated. NKR foreign minister Garen Mirzoyan was The Head of the State congratulated Krikor present at the meeting. Armenia to Organize Goris Hiking Tours for European Tourists In 2016, European tourists will get number of professional hiking tour guides in familiarized with the mountain trails around the country. Goris town of Armenia. In 2008, several such tour guides from Lia Bakhshinian, President of the Armenian Armenia underwent training in France, and Guides Guild, told NEWS.am. within the framework of the United States “We primarily organize hiking toward [Mount] Agency for International Development Aragats; this is a very popular route,” Competitive Armenian Private Sector (USAID/ Bakhshinian noted. “But now, we are going CAPS) Project. Now, they train the beginners. to acquaint the hiking lovers with Goris.” “The education with this specialty is Since European tourists are less interested expensive,” Bakhshinian explained. “For that in the pristine mountain trails than in the reason, new donor projects would help us a traditional tours in Armenia, there is less lot.” On 15 February Artsakh Republic President positive developments that are evident in the News from the World Pago Sahagian partook at the meeting of the activity of different structures and subdivisions Stepanakert city administration summing securing the uninterrupted work of the activities carried out in 2015, Central municipal economy deserved an appropriate Information Department of the Office of the evaluation. Armenia Included in United Nations Honor Roll Artsakh Republic President stated. Armenia was included in the 2016 UN Regular Budget as 2016 annual membership The Head of the State underlined that the Honor Roll for paying the regular budget fee. Mayor Souren Krikorian and responsible development of the capital was in the spotlight assessments in full and in time, “Armenpress” The Honor roll includes the countries that officials representing various subdivisions of of the state adding that Stepanakert is the was informed from the Press, Information have paid their regular budget assessments the city administration delivered corresponding visiting card of our state to the outer world. and Public Relations Department of the in full within the 30 day due period specified reports. Pago Sahagian touched also upon the issues Armenian MFA. in Financial Regulation. Only 27 of the 193 In his speech President Sahagian noted that existing in the city giving corresponding In January 2016 the Armenian Government UN states were included in the Honor Roll this the volume of carried out works and the instructions for their proper solution. transferred $150,039 to the United Nations year. February 22- February 28, 2016 P. 02 Syria Focus of Global Conflicts Telephone Interview with Congressman Adam Schiff the war and the fortunes of the embattled Syrian positions from the Turkish territory By Edmond Y. Azadian Assad government. and only set its fighters within the ranks of The Syrian crisis has devolved into a global What the Russian air campaign did was terrorists which continue to infiltrate Syria By Khachig Janoyan disaster fanning the flames of a new cold to destroy Turkey’s plans to create a no-fly from the Turkish border. war. Armenians are affected by this crisis zone inhabited by Syria’s Turkmen citizens Regarding his opinion on certain issues wherever they live, as citizens of the world. armed and trained by Turkey, to create a Come to see that shooting down the Russian related to Nagorno-Karabakh, Syrian But moreover, the war has impacted the mini separatist state on the ground like warplane was only the tip of the iceberg of Refugees and the Genocide, that concern Armenians as a collective group; first it has Northern Cyprus. At this writing, the dreams Turkey’s strategic plans, which run deeper. the Armenian community in Los Angeles. uprooted one of the strongest Armenian of the Turkmen tribes have dissipated and As far as Turkey’s Ottoman ambitions are Below we present the exclusive telephone communities in the Middle East, staunchly the recapture of Aleppo is within the grasp concerned, Ankara is matching its words interview for Nor Or Newspaper with attached to its language and culture. of the government. to the facts on the ground. Wayne Madsen Congressman reports the following on an online journal, Adam Schiff. Secondly, the fallout of the war has touched At the annual Munich Security Conference Strategic Culture Foundation: “The plans by Kh.J. Good Afternoon Congressman Armenian lives as families scramble to seek on February 13, US Secretary of State John Adolf Hitler praising Turkish President Recep Adam Schiff. It is pleasure to talk to you this safe haven in Armenia, Lebanon, Canada Kerry announced that an agreement to Tayyip Erdogan to build military bases in afternoon. With your permission I would like was international donor conference where and elsewhere and their resettlement send humanitarian relief supplies to the Qatar, Somalia, the Republic of Georgia and to record this interview, to be able to publish eleven billion dollars was pledged to help problem becomes a community concern as besieged Syrian cities and a “cessation of Azerbaijan are in keeping with Turkey’s more it in Nor Or Armenian newspaper. the refugees. United States pledged a billion well But the most dangerous outcome of the hostilities” has been reached while Russian aggressive and neo-Ottoman foreign and A.Sch. Hello Mr. Janoyan. Yes it is fine. of that sum. I think we should double our war so far is rising tensions between Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sarcastically military policies. Turkey is also building its Kh.J. Although currently all the American efforts to protect the population