Vartan Oskanian to visit Estonia, Russia, France, ItalyDecember 3, 2007 - 14:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - December 3, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian launched a working visit to Estonia. He is scheduled to meet with Estonian parliament vice speaker Kristina Ojuland, FM Urmas Paet, members of the Armenia-Estonia parliamentary friendship group and representatives of the Armenian community. December 5-6, Minister Oskanian will be in Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha and Ambassadors to Armenia with Moscow residence. He will also give a speech at the RF Diplomatic Academy. December 7, Vartan Oskanian will pay a working visit to Strasbourg where he is scheduled to meet with CoE Secretary General Terry Davis, Ago monitoring group and President of the European Court of Human Rights Jean Paul Costa. December 9, the Minister will make for Italy where he will be honored with an award for being an adherent to incessant dialogue within international structures, the RA MFA press office reported. 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 urges Armenia to respect people’s right to dissent The Lemkin Institute has urged the Armenian government to respect people’s fundamental human right to express their dissent. Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. |