Russia to send 200 pigeons back to ArmeniaJanuary 19, 2018 - 10:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A batch of 200 pigeons will be returned to Armenia from Moscow's Domodedovo airport, the press service of the Rosselkhoznadzor Administration for Moscow and Tula Regions reports. Pigeons entered the warehouse of Domodedovo-Cargo on January 15. In the course of documentary control, however, experts established that the sender is not among the organizations that produce, process and store controlled goods, transferred from one member state of the Customs Union to another. In addition, there was no identification of animals and the inventory of the veterinary certificate, while the certificate itself did not contain information about the conditions of the farm, the period of the animals' stay in the territory of the Customs Union, the name veterinary laboratory that conducted the research, and diagnostic tests for disease. As a result, specialists decided to return the birds to the sender. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |