Norway supports OSCE MG formatMay 26, 2009 - 15:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ambassador Hougue (residence - Moscow) submitted his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan. During the meeting, Mr. Sargsyan reiterated Armenia's interest in strengthening and developing Armenian-Norwegian ties in both bilateral and multi-lateral formats. The President said that Norway's name for Armenians is mainly associated with Great philanthropist Fridtjof Nansen's mission. "Armenia always remembers and highly appreciates Norwegian people's support after the earthquake in 1988," RA President stressed.The Norwegian diplomat noted in his turn that his country attached great importance to bilateral ties in different spheres and was ready to undertake concrete steps in that direction. Parties stressed the importance of further cooperation in economic-cultural and legal spheres. The newly-appointed Ambassador promised to do his utmost for the development of bilateral cooperation. Parties exchanged views on regional problems. Ambassador Hougue reiterated his country's support to Kharabakh settlement process within OSCE MG format, stressing that negotiations are the only way to conflict settlement. President Sargsyan highly appreciated Norway's position on regional problems, RA President's Press Service reports. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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. Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. |