Oskanian and Fournet stressed importance of including society into Armenia-NATO dialogMarch 12, 2007 - 18:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian met with Deputy Secretary-General of NATO Jean Fournet, the RA MFA Press Office reports. At the meeting J. Fournet stressed the importance of NATO week in Armenia launched March 12, in the context of spreading appropriate information about the Alliance. He also underlined the importance of dialog and discussions over the role and place of NATO for the North Atlantic Alliance itself. The two stressed the importance of including the society into the Armenia-NATO dialog, which is not limited only to security issues and includes also a wide range of questions that are of great interest to the society. Alongside, Vartan Oskanian and Jean Fournet discussed the realization process of Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). 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 | 17 bridges collapse as a result of floods in Armenia As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. Armenia: Top cleric to retain title as he bids to become interim PM Galstanyan said earlier that the interim government would be tasked with stopping the “destruction of our homeland”. Ex-mayor of Karabakh capital arrested in Yerevan Ex-mayor of the Nagorno-Karabakh city of Stepanakert David Sargsyan has been arrested for 20 days. 269 people evacuated amid severe floods in Armenia’s north According to the Interior Ministry, 269 people have been evacuated from their homes in Lori and Tavush provinces. |