ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO PAY TWO-DAY WORKING VISIT TO GERMANYJanuary 13, 2003 - 19:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - January 14 Armenian president Robert Kocharian will pay a working visit to the Federal Republic of Germany. This is the first visit of the Armenian president to Germany within the more than 10-year-long history of Armenian-German interstate relations. Ministers, deputies, chairman of the Central Bank and businessmen serve on the delegation headed by Robert Kocharian. The official meeting of the Armenian president will take place in Bellevue castle, where Robert Kocharian will meet with German president Johannes Rau. Armenian president's meeting with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will also be held. Meetings with Bundestag president Wolfgang Thierse, vice Chancellor and minister of foreign affairs Joschka Fischer are also planned. R.Kocharian will also meet with leader of the Christian Democratic party Angela Merkel. The Armenian president will also be received at the Federal Union of Industrialists of Germany, where prominent German industrialists and representatives of well-known firms will be invited. 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |