MARSEILLES MAYOR ARRIVED IN YEREVAN ON AN OFFICIAL CALLOctober 26, 2001 - 00:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Mayor of Marseilles French city Jean Claude Goden arrived in Yerevan on a two-day official call. Signing of a renewed and supplemented agreement on cooperation between Yerevan and Marseilles city administrations is planned in the course of the visit. Several years ago a similar treaty was signed in Marseilles. The Mayor of the second in significance city in France will meet with President Robert Kocharian, Catholicos of all Armenians Garegin II, Chairman of the National Assembly Armen Khachatrian, Mayor of Yerevan Robert Nazarian, Minister of Industry and Trade Karen Chshmaritian. 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. |