Armenian FM to depart for Switzerland March 13March 12, 2007 - 19:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian will depart for Geneva March 13, where he will participate in the session of UN Human Rights Council. The RA MFA Press Office told the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist that V. Oskanian's speech at the session is scheduled. The same day the Armenian FM will depart for Bern, where he will meet with the President of Swiss Confederation, head of Federal Department for Foreign Relations Michelin Calmy-Rey. V. Oskanian will meet his Azeri counterpart Elmar Mamedyarov in Geneva March 14. OSCE MG Co-Chairs on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement will also be present during their meeting. 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 | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |