Armenia and Serbia have great potential for development of bilateral relationsJuly 27, 2009 - 22:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On Monday, newly appointed Serbian Ambassador to Armenia Dragan Zupanjevac (residence in Athens) presented copies of his credentials to RA President Serzh Sargsyan. Congratulating the Ambassador on his appointment, RA President noted that both countries have a great potential for collaboration in different spheres and concrete steps should be undertaken for collaboration development. In this connection, RA President emphasized the importance of the oncoming visit of Serbian President Boris Tadic to Armenia. Serzh Sargsyan emphasized that Armenian people will always remember Serbian pilots who died in a catastrophe, delivering humanitarian help to 1988 Spitak earthquake victims. Sezh Sargsyan and Dragan Zupanjevac discussed development of economic and cultural ties, intensification of interparliamentary relations and interconnections between international structures. 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. |