Armenia has yet to go the road of integration Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia have already gone and has to undertake all the ensuing obligations, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday, while opening a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Minsk.

 On October 23, the Russian Embassy in Armenia held a reception on completion of Counselor of the Russian Embassy, Head of the Rossotrudnichestvo Office in Armenia Viktor Krivopuskov's diplomatic mission. Russian Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volynkin said that Krivopuskov's activity in Armenia was aimed at developing and strengthening the bilateral relations between Russia and Armenia. He initiated a number of pilot projects and programs implemented by

 The Agreement on Basic Principles of Armenia-EU Cooperation will create prospects for promoting the bilateral cooperation in a number of fields, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia, said on Thursday, when presenting the draft agreement to the National Assembly.   

Eco Group (Sweden) and Sanitech (Libya) have won the Yerevan Municipality's tender and will deal with the issues of garbage disposal and sanitation in Yerevan starting from 1 April 2014. This will become the first step towards construction of a waste processing plant.       

 PACE will not approve Armenian Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan's decision to expel Heritage MP Zaruhi Postanjyan from the Armenian Delegation to PACE, Zaruhi Postanjyan said at today's press conference in Yerevan.  

 82% of Armenia's population consider Russia the key ally and friend of Armenia, chairman of "Integration and Development" NGO, Aram Safaryan, said at the

 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has ratified the Armenian Parliament-approved amendments to the law on copyright and associated rights.

 The experience and ideology of socialism in the integration processes are not unwanted at all when forming Eurasian area, director of Noravanq Foundation, Gagik Harutyunyan, said at the international conference "CSTO and security of EurAsia" held in Yerevan today. 

"It is immoral increasing the president's salary by 203% from current 436,000 drams to 1.323 million drams amid extremely heavy social and economic situation in the country," Nikol Pashinyan, MP from oppositional Armenian National Congress, said in the parliament, Thursday. 

 On its session in Strasbourg on October 23 The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the European neighbourhood Policy.

 The information  that training of rebels from CIS countries for Free Syrian Army is held under command of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev's chief security officer, Beilyar Eyubov, is a serious reason for CSTO to think about it, Armenian Defence Minister's Adviser, David Jamalyan, said at the international conference "CSTO and Security of EurAsia" held in Yerevan today at Noravanq Foundation. 

 If Armenia does not abolish the present government, the government will abolish Armenia, the former prime minister of Armenia, head of the "Freedom" party, a member of the parliament from the opposition Armenian National Congress, Hrant Bagratyan, wrote at his Facebook page, when commenting on the last data regarding social and economic situation in Armenia. 

A 100GW NPP and a 10bln c m underground gas storage facility are needed to ensure the energy security of the South Caucasus, Turkey and Iran, Vice President of the Georgian Academy of Natural Sciences Alexander Tvalchrelidze told ArmInfo on Thursday.

 Russian Embassy in Armenia cannot officially confirm the reports on alleged visit or President Putin to Armenia, the Embassy's counsellor Andrey Ivanov said at today's press-conference. 

 Russia sees no problem regarding Nagornyy Karabakh in case of Armenia's joining the Customs Union, Russian Embassy's counsellor in Armenia, Andrey Ivanov, said at today's press-conference. 

 The charges against Volodya Avetisyan are fabricated as the investigators are not even inquiring his case, Avetisyan's lawyer Ara Zakaryan told journalists on Thursday.

 The Armenian community of Georgia has not yet got any much-fancied candidate among the 23 candidates for Georgian president, Shirak Torosyan, MP from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, Chairman of Javakhq Union, said at a press conference in Yerevan on Thursday.    

Armenia's decision to join the Customs Union may affect the trade turnover with the EU, said Reiner Morell, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Armenia, speaking at an ongoing conference "Responsible Finance in Armenia" in Yerevan, today, on 24 October.  The ambassador is sure that all the terms of the Association Agreement with Armenia should be revised. 

 Provocations on the line of contact with the Armenian Armed Forces will become more frequent as Zakir Hasanov comes to replace Safar Abiyev on the post of Azerbaijan's Defense Minister, says Grigory Ayvazyan, Head of the Assembly of Armenians from Azerbaijan.  

The experience and ideology of socialism in the integration processes are not unwanted at all when forming Eurasian area, director of Noravanq Foundation, Gagik Harutyunyan, said at the international conference "CSTO and security of EurAsia" held in Yerevan today.