Armenia emerges as consistent and reliable partnerJanuary 22, 2010 - 18:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today, Armenia emerges as consistent and reliable partner, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said, summarizing 2009 activity results. "World powers demonstrate respectful attitude towards Armenia, which proved its reliability both on regional and international levels," the Foreign Minister told a news conference in Yerevan. According to him, international community's position on crucial regional issues coincides with that of Yerevan. As Edward Nalbandian stated, 2009's activities of Armenian Foreign Ministry were aimed at strengthening external security, provision of favorable development conditions, increasing effectiveness of Armenians' human rights defense abroad and RA's involvement in international organizations. "About 100 international agreements were concluded in 2009, serving as a firm basis for strengthening of multilateral relations," Edward Nalbandian stressed. Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. Partner news | POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |