Armenia Disposed to Serious Work and Effective Cooperation with EUOctober 27, 2006 - 19:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Armenian President Robert Kocharian met with Ambassadors of EU member states, accredited in Armenia. During the meeting the President welcomed the completion of consultations over EU-Armenia Action Plan within the European Neighborhood Policy and hoped for the Plan to be finally adopted in November, owing to which EU-Armenia relations will get more coordinated. «The package of proposals of the Armenian party evidences that we are disposed to serious work and we expect effective bilateral cooperation,» Kocharian added. At the instance of the diplomats the Armenian leader presented latest developments in the Nagorno Karabakh settlement, situation in the Russian-Georgian relations, impact of the tension between Russia and Georgia on Armenia's economy. The interlocutors also discussed the matter of the coming elections, specially noting the need for these to be fair and free. Kocharian said that long-term and short-term international observation missions will be invited for monitoring electoral processes. 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. |