NSC secretary, CoE rep. discuss cooperationFebruary 4, 2013 - 19:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - National Security Council secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan met Feb 4 with the newly-appointed representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in Armenia Oleksandr Pavliuk. NSC secretary congratulated the official on the appointment, voicing confidence for the cooperation between Armenia and Council of Europe to continue deepening. He further stressed the importance of closer partnership with representative of CoE Secretary General during Armenia’s chairmanship of CoE Committee of Ministers. Mr Pavliu, in turn, said that Armenia’s chairmanship of CoE Committee of Ministers will enable to deepen the cooperation between Yerevan and Strasburg. He pledged to take best efforts to bring the priorities of 2012-2014 program into fruition. Cooperation prospects and priorities were 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. |