how soon do you expect that to happen and how will armenia benefit from it exactly the ratification process in e.u. countries has already begun this agreement involves reforming armenia's legal system and that's been underway in armenia for many years i'd say twenty or even more but of course we'll be developing our relations with the european union but as i keep saying it won't be happening at the expense of armenian russian relations and vice versa we won't be developing our median russian relations at the expense of our relations with the e.u. for example that's our policy we won't adhere to a policy that implies developing relations with one international partner at the expense of relations with other partners i believe we should be reliable partners for everyone every global act we have ties with our relation should be transparent to all sides and should rely on the principle of reciprocity we all should act in good faith what i mean is that for example it should be unambiguously clear for the west what is happening between armenia and russia what russia should enjoy just the

same kind of transparency when it comes to ties between armenia and the e.u. certainly we will continue developing our relations with the e.u. us iran georgia and other states alike but that's not going to be done at the expense of our ties with russia and vice versa what we have with russia is not going to affect relations with any other country you told me that this instagram crosses between armenia and the west has been ongoing for some time will this process you know gather speed or remain the same with well it's not integration as such because integration in terms of economic cooperation is what we work on within the eurasian economic community as for the e.u. it's a process of reforming our state legislation system adverse it cannot be called integration in it classical meaning that if you want to call it that way then this is rather about coupling our legal frameworks certainly there's an economic element to it but it's not economic integration it is partnership that we have a specific trade regime. them the same kind of regime with georgia in the us

conventionally speaking economic integration is what we do within the framework of the eurasian economic community. so when it comes to the e.u. you object to using the term integration. it's not that i have any objections i simply state the fact as it is. the prime minister of the meeting with the russian ambassador you announce the beginning of a new stage in cultivating relations with russia so on the one hand you say nothing changes but on the other you mention a new stage what exactly will be new i didn't say there would be no changes i said that we would not be shifting into reverse i hope and i'm almost certain that now we will be developing our relations even more efficiently when i say a new stage i mean more positive more meaningful and more productive also more straightforward more candid and transparent this is what i mentioned in the beginning relations without any dark corners it's not that what we all see in those

corners satisfies all of us in every way what i say is that we frankly voice our opinion and our concerns and we should all do that during the meeting with vladimir putin we had no problems finding common ground we settled some matters immediately and agreed to discuss others in greater detail later again there were no problems encountered during the talks with. you and elz entering the new stage and as i understand your north that is fied with how it all started right. yes that's true i can say for sure that now judging by the outcomes of two summits there are no political problems between armenia and russia. and did you and limit putin touch upon the corporation between armenia and the west the e.u. . we didn't discuss it during our latest meeting but we did talk about that in sochi and i've already described what kind of conversation we had. some media say that you might be nominated for the nobel peace prize and in russia many think

that you are quite popular in the west what do you think about that opinion and the rumor i just mentioned frankly speaking i don't know whether i'm popular in the west or not as for the nobel prize nomination i learned that from the media too. and what if it really happens and someone decides to nominate you all right then it would be nice. no the whole lot of congo the kids seem compensate all boil with tonight and nobody in the office even a clue about nothing and they think. it's not. going to.

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when to turn it over is it and they have no any more can you. here michel i him and i should have to most him when you also see that action the u.s. agrees on paris the us weekly's on iran and pours out of that if i'm kinda little from north korea i will think five times before signing up something with trump because i don't know if the guy's going to keep his promise in the first place. regarding your anti corruption campaign what have you already accomplished as prime minister and the what pays the you fighting it one you expected or maybe you're somewhat behind or ahead of the plans. you know i can say that we have put an end

to corruption in our media in such a small amount of time. yes in that little time we had i can say that for sure because all of armenia stands against corruption these days there might be some small occurrences though but these are just the remnants of the corruption we had we will continue our fight and will eradicate them to really these are simply residual effects when there are no corruption pyramid's within government structures and officials themselves behind the wheel it means that corruption is gone and i'm confident that this is the case with armenia certainly relapses are possible but i believe that the work we're doing can safeguard us against that including in the long run. i'm somewhat surprised to see you thing with such confidence that there is no corruption in armenia only some residual effects how did you do that so. that's my political conviction that the system of corruption in armenia was run from the top echelons of power and now that these higher echelons

are no longer involved in corruption something i can guarantee the system of corruption that used to exist in armenia is no longer there there may be some remnants of it left and we must work hard to ensure that a new system won't to rise on top of the old one wish. in order to ensure that corruption is gone for good some changes are in order is that correct. certainly but the problem is there have already been many reforms carried out in armenia so the important thing is that reforms a complied with the quality of our legislation is quite high including our anti corruption laws in fact i'd say that our legislation is one of the best among the c.i.s. countries but our problem was a lack of political will as they say it's like we had two parallel realities one was what is described in the laws and the other was what was actually happening our main goal now is to synchronize these two realities in other words make it so that laws are implemented in practice of course there are parts of the legislation that

are unreasonable and need to be changed we are going to reform these laws so that a lawful reality is possible so to speak. with have been cases within the c.i.s. i'm not going to cite any specific examples when during the shift of political elites it was said that the key goal is to put the right people into the right positions and this is a lot like what you're saying but then people started to notice the old elites seeping back into power and sometimes of the that they said nothing had really changed how can you guarantee that your case is different and what are you going to do to ensure that i think the best guarantee here is the will of the people i'm pretty confident the people won't say nothing has changed because it was the people's own way of thinking that changed i believe that's an important factor that allowed for a peaceful revolution without violent clashes or a single drop of blood the fight was inside every citizen's mind and when the struggle is internalized you're very unlikely to harm those around you this is why our revolution was so peaceful and positive it was

a revolution of unity i believe that the main outcome of our revolution was not a shift of power but a shift in thinking like the armenian people the whole nation started to think differently this has nothing to do with the government because it's already happened and there won't be a return to the old ways the people realize that their position and their views were a key factor they realized it wasn't one single person or even a hundred people that forged this new reality this was our shared endeavor we've all been involved in it but when we renounce the old crooked reality it just collapsed because all this time it had been standing on our own shoulders by refusing to support this corrupt and fake reality we freed ourselves of this burden i understand that purely in terms of news terms of information flow it's important to say who stepped down as prime minister and who replaced him but this is not the key change that took place in armenia it's not about who's prime minister it's about the people's way of thinking their perception of reality their understanding

of their role in the life of the country and the nation there is never going to be a return to the old ways. what are your relations right now with your political opponents the republican party and mr. as for mr sarkozy an it's true that we live practically next door now but we do not have any relationship as such but as for the republican party it's no longer the majority party in our parliament but it's an opposition party and it's a solid opposition but as far as i understand it is going to try and make a comeback isn't it. but it's not a realistic prospect they will never make a comeback other forces other parties may emerge that may win an election but this party will never be back that's for sure and that doesn't have anything to do with me it's because people will never forgive them i can guarantee that at least that's how i feel and i think it's true i think. speaking of your party what are your plans are you playing to reform it are you going to run with it in the

pending early parliamentary election. yes i am if you're referring to my party the party alliance no you see we have a party and we have an alliance in our party it's called civil contract and the party alliance is called all the way out alliance speaking of the alliance right now we're discussing it's future has for the party it's definitely going to develop regardless of what happens to the alliance so the party will develop as for the alliance it's something we're negotiating now and will arrive at a decision into time. on june first you said on facebook that those who set off an artificial price hike for basic foods and want to assert the rule of law listeners over the rule of law will feel the full weight of the law who were you referring to and what did you mean by saying they will feel the full weight of the law i meant exactly what you just said the context being that we became aware of some illegal activity by a number of supermarkets in europe than they simple taney asli raised prices for

some products and it looked like a kind of sabotage so i reacted by saying we were ready to take action to restore justice in this area that's what it was about in the end these supermarkets had to pay quite a high fine because their actions were illegal. it looks like you have no fear of your political opponents returning in claiming positions of strength in the country in parliament perhaps it looks like you believe that the kind of political environment the armenian now has will not let it happen not now not ever. you see i don't think that we need to speak in the terms of fearing anything i'm not the kind of prime minister who ever fear losing his post i never will i will never be afraid to lose this post and i never consider fear a factor in my political activity i simply do what i think i must and what i'm sure i must do in order to serve my country and my people and i have no fear whatsoever following this path. you always been with people among people has anything changed in your relationship with people of the you became prime minister do i understand

it right that you're still trying to stay close to people of course a lot has changed because now i have to spend a lot of time in my office working it takes up the lion's share of my time and so my contacts with people are limited now. what do you do when you manage to find a little time for it you know i'm trying to keep this connection alive and i'm sure it'll stay alive. do people feel that this connection is still there. i believe they do for example yesterday i ran a live stream on my facebook page answering questions of other users and it got a lot of views five hundred thousand six hundred thousand people watched it and that's how many people watch my life streams on average more or less sometimes a lot more than that that's why i believe this connection will stay alive you see our government is supported by the people we stay in power as long as our people have trust in us if we lose people's trust we'll lose power pretty quickly i firmly believe that no one has any business being in government if they have no support

from the people it makes absolutely no sense to be in a position of power without people support it's absurd. nicol question the prime minister of thank you very much for the opportunity to talk to you both thank you. get a phone you know. what was the last digit you went on the internet no i am not using these village is it safe to say. are you sure there is no music ters

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about what happens on the pitch put a funnel school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the superman he just killed the narrowness and spending to do the twenty million album fly a. book it's an experience like nothing else on here because i want to share what i think of what i know about the beautiful guy a great so well paul chimes for. and six points. i. was.

at a standing start for the fifth world cup in russia russia's five mil for russia saudi arabia and moscow last month she's the host nation's fans with joy. so full we killed three games at this friday will bring you viewed me came inside with us. and correspondents. away from football in other news this morning donald trump has reportedly admitted crimea to be russian during a private dinner at the g. seven summit in canada last week. t.v. from the attorney representing a family of

a. victim he claims to have an account of the assault on the paris theater from an anonymous police source that sheds new light on a fence that night in twenty fifty. by good morning from moscow the fifteenth of june i am here and you watching out international good to have you with us so then the twenty eighteen feet for world cup got off to a start for host russia. a five nil thrashing of saudi arabia in the opening much electrified supporters across the country and set the stage for the rest of the tournament now the focus shifts to the southern resort city as saatchi today one of the most anticipated matches of the championship portugal the spain.

and of course it all started with a grand opening ceremony where british pop star robbie williams performed to brazil's top player an elder was there with a small russian boy to to the first kick of the tournament it was a real amazing night. i. i. i. i. i. right to look at that i know. that. it's just so friendly and welcoming and i mean it's as good as we were hoping that

he'd be in the house have russian hackers actually yet. but you expect. i will pop in there like that when. i. reach the u.n. security council in new york for a bit anyway diplomat showed up at the age they were in their national team kits they pose for photos and not a bit of an impromptu kick around with the general antonio good to as i say his referee he is there to watch the opening ceremony and the game between russia and saudi arabia talking about that opening match itself well even more. star host peter schmeichel and gave a play by play breakdown. yes

hello again and why three different russians have a magical star. the way the society believes me came with me now to talk about it is that peter schmeichel film i mean i can help you and also money and i could manage it jason really i think it's face to face and it face to face but this is exactly what russia needed and it's going to do so much good for for the holiday and it's for the atmosphere around the russian team i mean i've been traveling around russian off six months and it's very little positive i've heard about the team they have now won five of those and they've convinced people that they can actually play football and compete at this level and i hope the russians are not like the portuguese because for us the distance between super optimistic and pessimistic is very strong and i think that they didn't have reasons for be so

pessimistic but now i'm a bit like like you to see each because of course is a great result of course and maybe one goal becomes crucial one knows for egypt and russia to finish with four points which is very possible to happen. i. told him and second match is a heavyweight clash between spain and portugal that's taking place in sochi. friday

i mean i was a little earlier as you know and he made a prediction about portugal against spain this is what he said. portugal in spain no freshman at all because they know that both are going to qualify so i can imagine a fantastic match between. say probably the best team at the time i would have mark bosnich and sports pundit and former goalkeeper to tell us how he sees his team's chances for the tony we had a difficult qualifying campaign we had to go through the playoffs we played syria in a playoff and basically syria hit the post in the last minute if they'd scored that goal they would have went through then we played on their wrist and beat them quite convincingly then the manager resigned and called us all to leave before he resigned just out of the blue. and he's only had the team maybe for three months in total he said it came with them in turkey look it's going to be

a very very difficult i think it's france that we saw in two thousand and six the same got to last sixteen australia's best record ever in two thousand and ten they got knocked out of the first round but they had the same points as two thousand and six only difference being the goal difference opening game two thousand and six we won three one opening game two thousand and ten against germany lost four nil so this game against france is going to be absolutely everything for us we're going to have to leave it there thank you very much and i think you have to somebody else but it just to give you an idea how big these guys. on the books. i found. will be much still so very special moment one particular russian girl her name. she's nothing with down syndrome she was the one who got to flip the coin to start a match is put her story. you.

look at this from the floor of it looks beautiful. i was right it's. coming are you personally going to pull me and human rights. suspects or stay out of your charade. that. that's the most likely to eat it up that's just me and that's the only thing that gets you up to. a chance and you know you care because you're. getting. sick. sick.

sick. sick. sick. sick. well it's national teams and now in russia they're preparing for the first games here's what some of them been sent by the told him and thus far. oh.

wow. so what's happening today the well we got three fixtures at three pm moscow time you watch your acquired versus egypt featuring star football as. luis suarez then three hours later it's time for the underdog clash between morocco and iran we probably won't offend anyone by saying though that today's.