10 09.12.14 - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan receives Vice President of Uruguay, President of the Senate Danilo Astori President hails Uruguay’s balanced stance on Karabakh December 9, 2014 - 20:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan today (Dec 9) met with the Vice President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay and the President of the Senate Danilo Astori. At the meeting, the Armenian leader hailed the year 2014 as promising and important in the development of the Armenian-Uruguayan friendly ties, thus opening up new prospects for the two countries, presidential press service reported. Sargsyan shared warm memories about his state visit to Uruguay and meeting with President Jose Mujica. The Armenian leader asked Astori to pass along his warm greetings to Mujica, and his congratulations and best wishes to newly-elected President Tabare Vazquez. Astori, in turn, welcomed strong ties between the countries, with the parties further reflecting on the opportunities of expanding and promoting economic cooperation between Armenia and Uruguay. Sargsyan and Astori also stressed the importance of inter-parliamentary diplomacy in boosting interstate relations. They agreed that the activities carried out by the two countries’ parliamentary friendship groups have further enhanced the friendship. The Armenian President once again expressed his gratitude to the leadership and people of Uruguay for their invaluable contribution to the recognition of the Armenian Genocide in 1965, thus launching the process of international recognition. Sargsyan also expressed his appreciation by Uruguay’s balanced position on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |