EU: holding presidential elections in line with international standards vitalDecember 20, 2007 - 17:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian met Wednesday with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby, the RA MFA press office reported.Touching upon the forthcoming presidential elections, Mr Semneby said the EU attaches importance to holding the elections in compliance with international standards. "The Armenian authorities do everything in their power to organize the election at the proper level. International organizations have been already sent invitations to observe," Vartan Oskanian said. The parties also discussed the Karabakh peaceful process, the Armenian-Turkish relations and other regional problems. 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. |