Australian Minister for Human Services Paying Working Visit to ArmeniaNovember 21, 2005 - 13:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - November 18 Australian Minister for Human Services Joe Hockey arrived in Yerevan on a working visit, RA MFA press service reported. The purpose of the visit is to discuss with the Armenian leadership a number of programs implemented in the republic in the health field with the assistance of the World Bank. The Minister is scheduled to meet with the Armenian Premier and Minister of Health. November 21 Mr. Hockey will visit the complex of Tsitsernakaberd to commemorate the Armenian Genocide victims. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |