Reports on Kocharian-Rice Telephone Conversation FalseApril 10, 2006 - 14:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Reports on an alleged telephone conversation between Armenian President Robert Kocharian and US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice are false, Armenian leaders Spokesperson Victor Soghomonyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, "Robert Kocharian and Condoleezza Rice discussed the Karabakh settlement by phone earlier in February, before the Paris talks." "To all appearance, authors of the report merely confused the date of the conversation," he added.To remind, it was lately reported that Rice discussed the issue of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict during telephone conversations with the Armenian and Azeri Presidents. Top stories 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. 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. Partner news | CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. |