IN YEREVAN CIS DEFENSE MINISTERS TO DISCUSS OVER 20 MILITARY INTEGRATION QUESTIONSMay 1, 2004 - 18:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Over twenty questions of military integration are on the agenda of the session of the CIS Council of Defense Ministers to be held in Yerevan May 21. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov will chair the session. As reported by 525 Baku newspaper, it is not clear yet whether Defense Minister of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev will take part in the Yerevan forum. Top stories 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. 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. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |