  Putin likely to discus economy in Turkey – MP October 8, 2012 - 13:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to Turkey bears no dangerous nature for Armenia, Chairman of Armenian National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Relations said. “Mainly economic cooperation issues will be discussed during the visit,” Artak Zakaryan told a press conference, adding that the economic factor will prevail over the political one. Dwelling on Putin’s absence at Yerevan-hosted CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force (CRRF) drills, the MP stressed the military exercises as a testimony to the high-level of Armenian-Russian cooperation. “No official information on Putin’s visit to Armenia was earlier released,” he said.   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 |  Latest news Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday  Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1.Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri.Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”.Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |
