  ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER TO MEET PENTAGON LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTONMarch 20, 2002 - 17:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today the official part of the program of Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsian's visit to USA began. Today the head of the Armenian defense department will meet with Pentagon head Donald Rumsfeld and other high rank military officials. S.Sargsian's meetings with officials in the Department of State, National Security Council, as well as in Congress are planned. Questions of Armenian-American military-political cooperation, Armenia's contribution to fight against international terrorism, as well as planning the military aid given to Armenia by US Congress will be discussed in the course of the meetings. Armenian Foreign Ministry press office reports Serge Sargsian laid a wreath to the memorial of the victims of the acts of terrorism in New York September 11 and met with the representatives of US Armenian community earlier.  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 Armenian wrestlers win 3 medals at U20 European Championships  The Armenian team has won 3 medals at the U20 European Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships.Ameriabank, COAF pool efforts to develop beekeeping in Lori COAF and Ameriabank have presented their joint program Harvesting Nature’s Bounty.Putin to meet Erdogan, Aliyev on SCO sidelines Putin will hold meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.CSI urges IOC to ban Azerbaijan from Paris 2024 The organization said in a statement that there is no place for genocide at the Olympics. |
