  CoE hails Armenia’s chairmanship in Committee of Ministers April 17, 2013 - 16:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will assume the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers chairmanship on May 16. Following an April 17 meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Yerevan, the CoE Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland hailed Armenia’s chairmanship, also pointing out the issues of special concern. Mr Jagland stressed corruption, tax evasion, money laundering and trafficking as the main challenges that undermine people’s trust in political system. Dwelling on the problems of national minorities, the CoE chief slammed xenophobia and hatred propaganda as unacceptable, expressing hope for progress in problematic issues during Armenia’s chairmanship.   Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall  A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province.U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12.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”. |
