ARMENTEL TO RETAIN MONOPOLY FOR ANOTHER 10 DAYSOctober 26, 2004 - 18:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The projects of resolutions "On changes and additions to the license and monopoly rights of the telecommunication operator Armentel" as well as "On providing authorities for signing agreement on truce" were discussed during the special sitting of the Armenian government yesterday. As government's press secretary Mary Harutyunian told journalists, the members of the cabinet will have one more week to familiarize in detail with the results of negotiations between Armenian Minister of Justice David Harutyunian and Armentel Company and also to express opinion on the issue. At the same time taking into account the fact that the government's decree on introducing some changes in the Armentel license had to come into power on October 28, the sitting participants agreed on prolonging the terms of inserting the alterations for more 10 days. To note it's already the third time, the government has decided to postpone the date of the changes to come into effect. 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 | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |