UN chief to visit Russia for talks with Lavrov May 14, 2013 - 09:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will pay an official visit to Russia on May 16-19 and will hold talks with Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “This will be his [Ban Ki-moon’s] sixth visit to Russia with the previous one paid in April of 2011,” the ministry said, according to RIA Novosti. The UN secretary general will meet with Foreign Minister Lavrov on May 17 to discuss key international issues, including the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, and particularly the Syrian crisis and developments on the Korean peninsula, the ministry said. The ministry also said it hoped the UN secretary general will discuss social and economic aspects of the United Nations activities and plans for organization’s development after 2015. According to Ban Ki-moon’s spokesman Martin Nesirky, last week the UN secretary general spoke by telephone separately with Russia’s Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry thanking them for their initiative to organize an international conference on Syria.   Top stories Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive.   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 servicesArmenian, 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.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
