  RUSSIA SUGGESTED TO ARMENIA STARTING NEGOTIATIONS ON SIGNING VISA-FREE REGIME AGREEMENTSeptember 4, 2000 - 20:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 04.09.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Russian Foreign Ministry directed notes to the foreign ministries of member-states of Bishkek agreement with a proposal to hold negotiations on concluding international agreements regulating visa-free travel.As Press and information department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of RF reported to RIA "Novosti", Moscow is going to sign bilateral agreements on visa-free travel with Uzbekistan, Armenia and Moldavia. The note, directed to the ministry of foreign affairs of Georgia, suggests further negotiations on the basis of the Agreement Project between Russian government and executive branch of Georgia on mutual citizen travel and the Protocol Project of simplified order of crossing state border by residents from bordering regions. These projects were presented to Georgia in February 2000. "Considering the strategic partnership of Armenia and Russia, Yerevan and Moscow will solve the issue through concluding a bilateral agreement on visa-free regime after Russia opts out of the 1992 Bishkek agreement", stated Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ara Papian in the interview to MEDIAMAX on August 30. -0-   Top stories On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. 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).   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.Armenian, Georgian Foreign Ministers meet in Tbilisi The meeting of Ararat Mirzoyan and Ilia Darchiashvili, is underway in Tbilisi, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reveals.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. |
