Armenian Foreign Minister meets CoE officialJanuary 11, 2013 - 19:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met Jan11 with newly-appointed Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in Armenia Oleksandr Pavliuk. Minister Nalbandian congratulated the official on the appointment, voicing hope that he will contribute to the implementation of joint programs. He further attached special importable to closer cooperation with Mr. Pavliuk during Armenia's Chairmanship of Council of Europe Committee of Ministers. The CoE representative, in turn, pledged to foster effective implementation of 2012-2014 action plan. The observer missions’ monitoring of Armenia’s forthcoming presidential elections was further discussed. 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 | 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. |