Armenia made large forward move in sphere of democracyJune 9, 2007 - 15:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Armenian President hosted head of OSCE Yerevan Office Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin, whose diplomatic mission to the RA approached to its end, the Presidential Press Office reports. At the meeting R. Kocharian thanked the diplomat for his productive work in Armenia. In his part Vladimir Pryakhin appreciated as effective his cooperation with authorities and the civil society of Armenia. Touching the issue of the May 12 parliamentarian elections, he underlined in fact, they fully met democratic principles, and Armenia made a large forward move. 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 | 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. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |