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Constitutional crisis looms in Armenia
Ben Aris in Berlin
Armenians stayed on the streets for another day on April 26 as the political crisis in the country moved into the next phase – getting an opposition representative appointed as interim prime minister who can organise and oversee a free and fair general election that would complete the work of the Armenian
Velvet Revolution.
Uzbekistan plans to join $10bn Turkmenistan- led TAPI gas pipeline project
Kanat Shaku in Almaty
Uzbekistan plans to join the Turkmenistan-led $8bn-$10bn Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan- India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on April 23. The president did not clarify whether or not Tashkent will eventually ship gas through it.
Protesters have already managed to oust recently elected prime minister Serzh Sarksyan on
April 23, having accused him of manipulating
the constitution and elections to make himself leader for life. Now according to the Armenian constitution the parliamentary political factions
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Uzbekistan is to join the TAPI gas pipeline project.
Turkmenistan has committed to covering 85% of the project’s costs, which is something of
a problem as the remote nation appears to
be struggling to cover its own budget costs and
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