Kocharian to Leave for Sweden on Official Visit TodayFebruary 7, 2006 - 13:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Armenian President Robert Kocharian will depart for Sweden on a formal call, reported RA leader's press service. The Armenian delegation will comprise the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Economic Development, Transport and Communications, Central Bank President, RA Ambassador to Sweden and other officials. February 8 Robert Kocharian will meet with Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf. The Armenian President is also scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Goran Persson. After the meeting an intergovernmental agreement on boosting and mutual protection of investments will be signed. Within the 3-day visit the Armenian President will meet with Bjorn von Sydow, the Speaker of the Swedish parliament, and Goran Lennmarker, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly special representative for Nagorno Karabakh. President Kocharian is expected to deliver a speech at the Institute of Foreign Policy of Sweden and meet with representatives of the Stockholm stock exchange, as well as with Investor group and Ericsson company administration. February 9 Robert Kocharian will leave Stockholm for Paris to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. 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 | 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. |