UK Attaches Importance to Dialogue with South Caucasian StatesOctober 11, 2006 - 17:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian met with UK Minister for Europe Jeff Hoon, reported the RA MFA press office. The RA FM assessed highly the bilateral relations and pointed out to Yerevan's aspirations to deepen these relations, especially within the European Neighborhood Policy. When touching upon the Armenia-EU Action Plan Vartan Oskanian underscored Armenia's intention to secure efficiency of the program implementation. At that he remarked that Yerevan expects practical assistance of the European Union member states in the issue. For his part, Mr Jeff Hoon presented the goals of his visit and noted the importance of dialogue between the UK and South Caucasian states and realization of joint programs. The interlocutors also referred to regional problems, the Armenia-Turkey relations and the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. 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 | U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Moscow warns Armenia against leaving Russian-led defense bloc Armenia could ruin its military ties with Russia if it continues drifting towards the West, according to a senior official in Moscow. |