ArmInfo.In the frames of the state visit to the Republic of Armenia the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev visited Yerevan Brandy Company. According to the visit program the delegation visited the ARARAT Museum of the Yerevan Brandy Company, where the members were introduced to the rich history and production process of the legendary Armenian brandy ARARAT. 

ArmInfo. The Karabakh conflict can be resolved only when Azerbaijan refuses maximalist expectations. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said on January 12 in Yerevan at a joint press conference with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev.

ArmInfo. The pre-election meetings of the presidential candidate from the Republican Party of Armenia, RA Ambassador to Great Britain Armen Sargsyan continue - today he held consultations with the members of the Armenian National Congress party, days earlier the leader of the Heritage party.

ArmInfo. The statement of the chairman of the National Council of Switzerland Dominique de Buhman that the Artsakh people has the full right to determine their destiny is motivated by the commitment of the Swiss politician to the principles of democracy and the protection of human rights.

ArmInfo. The Foreign Ministers of Russia and Azerbaijan, Sergey Lavrov and Elmar Mammedyarov, during a telephone conversation, discussed the Karabakh conflict. According to APA, the head of the press service of the Foreign Ministry Hikmet Hajiyev said this.

ArmInfo.Chairman of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Georgi Tsereteli plans to visit Armenia and Azerbaijan to discuss with the representatives of the republics of  the Karabakh conflict. 

ArmInfo. The forthcoming change of the Armenian president in March will further complicate the Karabakh settlement, - Stanislav Pritchin, an analyst of the program "Russia and Eurasia" of the Royal Institute of International Relations Chatham House, is convinced. In the March 2 elections, the Armenian president will be elected by the parliament, in which the majority of the seats belong to the Republican Party of Armenia. Further in April, the new president will appoint a new prime minister from the same RPA. The new president will be deprived of levers of influence on foreign and defense policy. The armed forces will report to the Minister of Defense, and the functions of the supreme commander-in-chief are assigned to the prime minister during the period of military operations. The main candidate for the premier's post from the RPA is its leader Serzh Sargsyan. "The president elected by the people is technically less dependent on the parliament and those factions that are part of the coalition to form a majority in the parliament." At present, the prime minister will become the head of Armenia, elected by the parliament, and, accordingly, his relationship with the parliament, and dependence on the partners the coalition will be the strongest, and this fact can not not affect the negotiations on Karabakh, "said the analyst. At the same time, the analyst does not expect serious changes in the South Caucasus in 2018, when presidential elections will be held in Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan, considering that the same president and the same team will come to power in Russia, as in Azerbaijan. In Armenia, in April, the question will be resolved who will become prime minister in the conditions of the parliamentary system of government. He predicts that after all these elections a long inter-electoral period will begin, which, at least initially, will give a certain carte blanche for solving regional problems, including the Karabakh conflict, when the forthcoming elections will not pressure the government of the countries. According to Pritchin, the development of relations between Russia and the West will largely predetermine the approval in February of a new package of US sanctions against Russia. If sanctions are implemented in the form in which it is stated, the analyst predicts laying the foundation for an even deeper crisis in bilateral relations. "In this situation, any foreign policy initiatives of Russia will be based on the logic of confrontation, but today the Karabakh conflict is not an apple of discord between the West and Russia, and moreover, it is the only conflict in the post-Soviet space in which countries do not support the warring sides. for Russia and the United States to work together to resolve the conflict, but a very serious confrontation obviously excludes the possibility of working together. "Everything will depend on the situation," summed up the Chatman House analyst.

ArmInfo. The newly appointed Armenian Ambassador to Romania Sergey Minasyan presented his credentials to the President of Romania Klaus Johannis.

ArmInfo. France welcomes any meetings aimed at a long-term settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

ArmInfo. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, who is on a working visit to Paris, discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Dreen.

ArmInfo. Russia and Turkey have always been and will be competitors for the sphere of influence in the South Caucasus; the interests of the two countries in this region are interbreeding. Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Edward Sharmazanov stated this in a conversation with journalists.

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ArmInfo.he settlement of the Karabakh conflict will positively affect the situation in the South Caucasus region. The Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Rose  Gottemoeller, announced this in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. The Defense College of the North Atlantic Alliance issued a report on the Russian military presence in the South Caucasus and the troops in Armenia.

ArmInfo.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted the absence of serious progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, despite the presence of direct dialogue.

ArmInfo. President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the tripartite meeting of the leaders of Iran, Russia and Turkey in Sochi will voice the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

ArmInfo. Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov on the  impossibility of secession components of the package on the Karabakh settlement in problems, is a specific message to Azerbaijan, which tries to separate from the package one element - the principle of the territorial integrity of states and on its basis to resolve the conflict.

ArmInfo. Brazil stands for a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group and in accordance with the principles of international law. This November 17 in Yerevan at a joint press conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Brazilian Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes Ferreira said.

ArmInfo. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a meeting with journalists commented on the results of the visit to Russia, Kuwait and Qatar and said that he had  discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. 

ArmInfo. Russia is interested in concluding a new Armenia-EU framework agreement. The head of the Center for Innovative and Institutional Research at the YSU, Atom  Margaryan, stated at a meeting with journalists on November 13.