ARMENIAN DELEGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN SPRING SESSION OF NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY IN BRATISLAVAMay 27, 2004 - 18:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - May 28 the Spring Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly will open in Bratislava, in which the delegation of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia will participate as well. As delegation head, Chairman of the NA Commission for Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs Mher Shahgeldian told Armenpress news agency, the report on the South Caucasus will also be presented at the session. The document specifically considers the record of regional conflicts, internal political situation in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, national minority problems, the democracy level, the influence of neighbor countries - Turkey, Iran, Russia - in the region and other issues. In Shahgeldian's words, report contains some points, "which Armenia does not agree with." At that he did not specify which differences the matter concerns, noting the Armenian party will present its own posture on them. It should be noted that Armenia has an associate member status in the NATO PA and does not have a vote. 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 | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |