RA Defense Minister to depart for Moscow June 16June 14, 2008 - 15:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to an agreement on cooperation singed between the Defense Ministries of Armenia and Russia, RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan will be in Moscow from June 16 to June 18, the Minister's spokesman, col. Seyran Shahsuvaryan told PanARMENIAN.Net Minister Ohanyan is scheduled to meet with the Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, General Staff Chief Nikolay Makarov and CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha to discuss the military and technical cooperation as well as a number of CSTO issues. He will also meet with representatives of the Armenian community and Armenian students studying in the Russian military institutes. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |