Armenian and French Presidents discussed perspectives of developing bilateral relationsJuly 12, 2007 - 19:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Armenian President Robert Kocharian and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy had a meeting in Paris, Spokesman for the RA President Viktor Soghomonian told the PanARMENIAN.Net Armenian and French Presidents discussed issues concerning bilateral relations, which are on the high level. They also touched upon perspectives of developing economic cooperation and expressed readiness to develop and enlarge cooperation between the two countries. Robert Kocharian and Nicolas Sarkozy also discussed issues concerning cooperation in defense sphere and the situation in the South Caucasian region.Today Robert Kocharian also had a meeting with Speaker of French National Assembly Bernard Accoyer in Paris. At the meeting they reaffirmed the great role of parliaments of both countries in the development of bilateral cooperation. 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. |