CoE Deputy Sec. Gen. arriving in Armenia May 20May 16, 2008 - 17:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, will visit Yerevan to participate in a conference on domestic violence, organized by the Armenian Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on 20 May, reported the OSCE Yerevan Office. During her visit, Ms de Boer-Buquicchio is due to meet with the President of the National Assembly of Armenia, Tigran Torosyan, the Prime Minister, Tigran Sargsyan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edward Nalbandian, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arman Kirakossian, the Minister of Justice, Gevorg Danielian, the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Aghvan Vardanian and the Armenian Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan. 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 | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |