Armenia-EU Cooperation Council Plenary Session to Be Held TodayNovember 14, 2006 - 14:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian is in Brussels to participate in the 7th session of the Armenia-EU Cooperation Council. Together with his counterparts from Georgia and Azerbaijan G. Baramidze and E. Mammadyarov, Minister Oskanian met with the EU leadership - the Foreign Minister of Finland, which holds the EU Presidency, the Secretary of State of Germany, which will hold the Presidency in the first half of 2007, as well as EU High Representative, Javier Solana, and External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, reports the Press Office of the Armenian MFA. During the first day's dinner meeting, the participants discussed developments in the region, including Caucasus states' relations with neighbors, and also prospects for regional cooperation. Regional conflicts, especially Nagorno Karabakh, were the focus of much of the discussion, particularly in light of the upcoming meeting between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. The dinner meeting was followed by a press conference, during which Minister Oskanian thanked the EU for its persistence in concluding the Action Plan process. On November 14, during the plenary session of the Council the European Neighborhood Policy Action Plan will be adopted and will come into effect. 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 | 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. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |