Vahe Hakobyan still performs his duties as head of the Water Management Committee and is currently in his office, The Committee told ArmInfo.

 ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK and VTB Bank (Armenia), which are in the lead in the number of ATMs, have signed a cooperation agreement. Due to the agreement, from now on the MasterCard and Visa cardholders of the specified banks will be able to withdraw cash from the partner bank's ATMs whereas the commission fee of the issuing bank will be charged.   

 The statement issued by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs is disappointing and surprising, the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan said in its statement, APA reports. 

 Even if Iran makes a breakthrough in its nuclear talks with the West, it will hardly review its relations with the South Caucasus nations, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute Sergey Minasyan told ArmInfo on Thursday.

 The latest geopolitical shifts have given Iran a good ground for active moves in its foreign policy, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute Sergey Minasyan told ArmInfo on Thursday.

As Parliament Commission for Foreign Affairs again kills bill submitted by MP Zaruhi Postanjyan, the opposition Heritage Party of which Postanjyan is a member disseminates a statement. 

"The statement by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs on downing of the helicopter on the front-line is a provocation, absurd and illogical," Parliament Vice-Speaker Ziyafat Asgarov said on November 20, according to APA news agency.  

 Armenia's Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan assured reporters, Thursday that Armenia would not exchange the arrested Azeri raiders for the bodies of the three pilots killed in downing of Armenian helicopter. The minister said the raiders are criminals and must be punished within the law.

UK and Germany embassies in Armenia continue the cycle of memorable events timed to the 100th anniversary of the WWI that was launched on 31 October and will be over on 5 Decmeber.

 An education center for children has been opened in Gavar thanks to cooperation of ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank, World Vision Armenia and Hayastan All Armenian Fund. ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank told ArmInfo World Vision Armenia managed to open the center due to the plastic card "VISA Barerar" (VISA Charitable) that was issued as part of a three-year joint project of ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank and Hayastan All Armenian Fund with a budget of 41 million drams.

The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France) remain deeply concerned that there has been no humanitarian access to the crash site of the military helicopter downed by Azerbaijani forces on November 12.  

 Well, we understand that there are - there may have been a refusal of access to an OSCE representative; would refer you to the OSCE for further details on that, Jeff Rathke, Director of the Office of Press Relations of the US Department of State, said during a daily press briefing, when asked about the OSCE's inability to visit the crash site of the Armenian helicopter that was shot down Azeris on Nov 12.

The Armenian MPs have been rumoring of late that the second President of Armenia and a group of oligarchs may repay Armenia's foreign debt.

 Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian is using all possible contacts to find out what has happened to the crew of the Armenian helicopter shot down by Azeris on Nov 12, Spokesman of Armenia's Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan says in Twitter.

 I can guarantee that nothing is being done to reopen the Abkhazian railway. No such talks are being held, Georgia's State Ministry for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Paata Zakareishvili told Georgian journalists when asked to comment on the recent statement by Armenia's Deputy Transport and Communication Minister Artur Arakelyan, who said that "there will be good news on the Abkhazian railroad soon."

 Beeline and "Professionals" Foundation are pleased to announce the launch of cooperation under projects aimed at developing the professional skills of the youth.   

 The first mobile bank in Armenia - mConverse - officially launched its services on November 18, Raffi Kassarjian, Head of Strategy and Business Development, Member of the Management Board at Converse Bank, said at a press conference on Wednesday. mConverse is an absolutely unprecedented offer for the Armenian market of e-commerce. 

The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has condemned the use by Azerbaijan of a Council of Europe prisoner transfer treaty to justify the immediate release of an Azerbaijani soldier, convicted of murdering an Armenian soldier in Hungary in 2004, once he had returned to his home country, the official website of PACE reports.

 Iran's Ambassador to Armenia Mohammad Raiesi is displeased with the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.

 The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict isn't resolved not because of the OSCE mediators, as Mevlut Cavusoglu says, but because of Baku's approaches and behavior, Head of the Department of Press, Information and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Tigran Mkrtchyan says in Twitter.