 Armenian Defense Minister meets outgoing Swiss envoy May 17, 2013 - 17:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met on May 17 with the outgoing Swiss ambassador Konstantin Obolensky. Minister Ohanyan highly assessed the defense cooperation between the two countries, particularly in the framework of Capacity Building in International Relations (CABIR) project organized by Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and the Swiss Confederation. Ambassador Obolensky, in turn, stressed the importance of Armenian-Swiss cooperation, expressing Switzerland’s readiness to continue assistance in RA armed forces reforms, defense ministry’s press service reported.   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 |  Latest 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. |
