  PRESS SECRETARY OF THE ARMENIAN PRESIDENT REFUTED THE STATEMENT OF THE SPEAKER OF RUSSIAN STATE DUMA THAT ARMENIA CONSIDERS VARIANTS TO JOIN RUSSIA-BELARUS UNIONAugust 29, 2000 - 18:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 29.08.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Vahe Gabrielian, the press secretary of the President of Armenia, refuted today in the interview to MEDIAMAX the statement of the Speaker of the Russian State Duma, Gennadi Seleznev, that official Yerevan is considering variants to join the Russia-Belarus union.Answering the question about the future of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Mr. Seleznev stated today in the interview to Russian "Trud" paper that "Armenia already considers the variants of joining to the Russia-Belarus union". Vahe Gabrielian reminded MEDIAMAX that President Robert Kocharian has repeatedly stated that the question of Armenia's joining to Russia-Belarus union isn't in the foreign policy agenda of the country. "There are no changes in this position", stressed Vahe Gabrielian. -0-   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 |  Latest news Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion  The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship.Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.MEPs issue statement to defend Armenia-France military cooperation The deputies emphasized that having an army armed with combat and modern military equipment is the sovereign right of any country.Iran begins voting in presidential election Iranians started voting for a new president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. |
