Armenian and Romanian Businessmen Ready to Work TogetherOctober 4, 2006 - 20:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - At the session of the Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation between Armenia and Romania a number of projects are proposed, in which Romanian companies may be interested, Armenian President R. Kocharian stated at a joint news conference with Romanian leader Traian Basescu. "As for direct air communication, it should be determined to which extent those flights will be favorable," the Armenian leader said. Romanian president evaluated the work of the Intergovernmental Commission as unsatisfactory. In his words, the latest meeting was 6 years ago. «They will now meet annually. An Armenian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce is to be established,» he said. At that Traian Basescu noted that the Bucharest Forum of the Black Sea basin is planned to be strengthened. "This will be a place for debate and political dialogue," he said. "We have already submitted a proposal to the Council of Europe on the creation of the Black Sea-European region, which can change many things for better on the way of movement of countries towards the EU and NATO,» the Romanian President believes. In his turn Kocharian remarked that by the creation of a structure like that Romania is becoming one of the largest states of the Black Sea-European region, that will support Armenia. «We have good expectations form that initiative,» the Armenian leader said. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Armenia considers Cyprus as one of its main partners in EU - envoy Armenia considers Cyprus one of its main partners in the European Union, Ambassador Tigran Mkrtchyan has said. Armenian, Albanian Foreign Ministers discuss ties, regional issues Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania Igli Hasani. POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia confirms will attend NATO summit in Washington Armenia has confirmed its participation in the NATO summit in Washington, a spokesperson has confirmed. |