EU, Armenia to ink preliminary deal on visa facilitation in BrusselsOctober 17, 2012 - 19:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 17, Newly-appointed Greek ambassador to Armenia Ioannis Tagis presented copies of credentials to Armenian Foreign Minster Edward Nalbandian. Congratulating the envoy on the appointment, Minister Nalbandian voiced confidence that he will contribute to further strengthening of Armenian-Greek relations. “Armenia attaches great importance to the deepening of centuries-old friendship between the two nations and common values of the intergovernmental cooperation with Greece,” he said. Ambassador Tagis, in turn, pledged to take every effort for deepening of bilateral relations. Armenian official confirmed the invitation to his Greek counterpart Dimitris Avramopoulos to visit Yerevan. The parties discussed Armenia-EU relations, haling the progress recorded in the framework of the Eastern Partnership. In this context, RA top diplomat noted that Brussels is planned to host the signing of preliminary agreement on visa facilitation with Armenia October 18, highly assessing the dynamics of the talks on free trade zone formation. Minister Nalbandian and the Greek envoy further exchanged views on regional and international issues. 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 | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |