ArmInfo. As of 10.00 on the 12th of February there are difficult roads on the territory of Armenia.

ArmInfo. In 2018, interesting and effective work is expected in the regions of Armenia. Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan stated this during a meeting in the Kotayk region of the republic.

ArmInfo. Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan sent a telegram of condolences to the head of the Russian government Dmitry Medevedev in connection with the  destruction of the Saratov Airlines air company in the Ramenskoye region of the Moscow region of the An-148 airplane.

ArmInfo. Armenia and the United States have confirmed their readiness to develop and deepen effective cooperation. This was stated during the meeting of Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan with US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Brigitte Brinks.

ArmInfo. Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, a presentation-discussion was held on February 9, dedicated to the cooperation between the Armenian government and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with the participation of the United States Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills and USAID head in the Republic Deborah Grieser. As the press service of the government told ArmInfo, Karen Karapetyan noted the importance of the country's cooperation with USAID, which has been developing since 1992. At the same time, as the head of the Armenian government pointed out, today's event is a good occasion for exchanging views on what has already been done and in what direction cooperation between the sides should be developed. Ambassador Mills, in turn, noted that 70% of the US government's assistance to Armenia is carried out through USAID programs and mechanisms. Currently, the Agency in Armenia implements over 30 programs, within the framework of which assistance is provided to reforms in the priority areas for the government of the RA - economy, governance, the judiciary, fighting corruption, etc. Speaking about USAID programs in Armenia, Deborah Grieser noted that the main goal of the US Agency for International Development is to promote economic growth in Armenia, including through the formation of a favorable business and investment environment, enhancing the competitiveness of priority areas, and developing democracy and a culture of governance. Programs aimed at ensuring economic growth are mainly carried out in the energy, agriculture, IT, water resources, and joint work in the fields of democracy and state administration is aimed at implementing projects in the field of human rights, child protection, development of civil society, struggle with corruption. Deborah Grieser noted USAID's readiness to discuss with the Armenian government further cooperation programs taking into account the development priorities of the RA. At the end of the meeting, Karen Karapetyan expressed his gratitude to the American partners for the impressive experience of cooperation, thanks to which tangible results were recorded. According to the Prime Minister, important reforms are being implemented in Armenia at this stage, and deepening of interaction with USAID for the republic is of great importance. "We have open partnership relations with the US Embassy in Armenia and USAID, and we are extremely interested in this cooperation," the Armenian government head said, emphasizing that at this stage there are numerous tasks that need to be addressed. As Karen Karapetyan noted, the agenda will always be rich, but it is now the time "to implement interesting, fundamental reforms."

ArmInfo. Kazakhstan is interested in further development of cooperation with Armenia in different directions.The Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Armenia Timur Urazaev said this during a meeting with Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan.

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ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan expressed concern at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on February 8 with an extremely low level of use of irrigated lands on the territory of the republic.

ArmInfo. "The level of teaching Russian in Armenian schools does not give rise to discontent, however, the lack of textbooks on Russian language in Armenian schools causes parents to be forced to carry children from the regions to Yerevan, where the problem with books is not so acute, or send them to relatives in Russia, which is absolutely unacceptable. " This was announced by the representative of the Russian community in the Parliament, Tatiana Mikaelyan, on February 6 in the National Assembly of Armenia. Mikaelyan noted the teaching of Russian language and literature in Armenia is given special attention. "But how to understand the fact that problems with other textbooks are being quickly resolved, and there are no textbooks on Russian," she said, adding that the Russian Embassy delivers books to Armenian schools, but they are not enough and publishers should help solve this issue, not laying all the responsibility on schools, which often do not have enough money even to buy new desks. Mikaelyan also drew the attention of the deputies to the problem with the training of specialists in the Russian language, the lack of which is acute in the republic. The deputy considered unacceptable the existence of such problems against the backdrop of the strategic relations between Armenia and Russia. "We should pay more attention to these issues and raise the level of teaching of the Russian language." Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan also drew attention to this issue, and I hope that in the near future he will receive his decision, "Mikaelyan said.

ArmInfo. Today, on February 3, an event will take place in the capital of Artsakh-Stepanakert, during which large families of Artsakh will receive financial assistance from the founder and president of the group of companies "Tashir" Samvel Karapetyan.

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ArmInfo. Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan, who is on a working visit to Almaty, received the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev on February 2, the RA government's press office reported.

ArmInfo. In the relations between Armenia and Belarus there is a great untapped potential for deepening bilateral relations.

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ArmInfo. The Armenian government approved amendments to the law "On the structure of the government" at the meeting on February 1, which will be sent to the National Assembly of Armenia in the established order.

ArmInfo. The impact of US sanctions against Russia on Armenia is obvious. This opinion was expressed by the head of the Armenian Institute for International Affairs and Security Stepan Safaryan on February 1 in Yerevan on the discussions "US and EU sanctions against Russia and their Armenian tracks". Expert reminded that Russia is a strategic ally of Armenia, moreover, the Armenian economy is in serious dependence on the Russian Federation, and in the republic there are about 3000 enterprises with Russian capital. "I would like to remind you again of the reasons for these sanctions: the annexation of the Crimea, the hybrid war in the East of Ukraine, the situation in Syria, and the traces of Russian interference in the presidential elections in the United States ", Safaryan is convinced. At the same time, the political expert believes that the language contained in the US development strategy presented by President Donald Trump is directly related to the "Kremlin report" of the Ministry of Finance submitted to Congress for approval. He recalled that the "Kremlin report" included representatives of the banking sector, the energy and gas industry, as well as the military industry. Safaryan stated that the sanctions against the Russian banking sector, which has serious involvement in the Armenian economy, have already affected Armenia, and the Electric Yerevan in 2015 became a vivid example. He also suggested that the consequences of the sanctions will affect the defense sphere, since a number of contracts operate between Armenia and Russia, and Russian defense enterprises also appeared on this list. "I believe that Russian businessmen of Armenian origin who are on this list can use Armenia as a rescue circle," Safaryan concluded.

ArmInfo. The delegation of Armenia in Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan tonight will leave for Kazakhstan.

ArmInfo. Sanctions of the US Treasury in relation to a number of Russian businessmen in one way or another are in touch with Armenia and various spheres of its economy.

ArmInfo. Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan on January 30 received permanent coordinator of Armenian UN office, the head of Yerevan Office of UN Development program Bradley Busetto, who is completing his mission in Armenia.

ArmInfo.Three Russian businessmen of Armenian origin - co- owner of the largest retail chain "Magnit" Sergei Galitsky (located on the 18th line from the Russian part of the list of billionaires Forbes, published in April 2017), the president and founder of the group of companies "Tashir" Samvel Karapetyan (32 lines) and co-owner of Rosgosstrakh Danil Khachaturov (48) were included in the "Kremlin report" of the US  Treasury, which will be submitted to Congress for approval.