 Armenian President meets CoE Secretary General April 17, 2013 - 18:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met today, on April 17 with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland. Welcoming the guest, President Sargsyan thanked the Council of Europe for its consistent support to the implementation of reforms in Armenia. Priorities of the Armenian presidency and the program of actions, particularly, events to be organized in Strasburg and Yerevan were in the focus of the discussion. President Sargsyan expressed the Armenian authorities’ support to the reforms initiated by the Secretary General at the Council of Europe. Central issues of the CoE agenda and the existing challenges were further discussed, with the importance of the steps to fight discrimination and intolerance mutually stressed, presidential press service reported.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
