Egyptian FM highly assessed mutually beneficial cooperation with ArmeniaAugust 21, 2009 - 14:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - .On August 20, newly appointed Armenian Ambassador to Egypt Armen Melkonyan handed the copies of his credentials to Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abu al-Gheit, RA MFA press service reported to PanARMENIAN.Net Congratulating Armenian diplomat, Abu al-Gheit expressed hope that he would contribute to the extension and development of Armenian-Egyptian ties. Egyptian official highly assessed bilateral cooperation between two countries, stressing the importance of contacts on different levels, as well as Armenian community's role in the country's internal life and strengthening of Armenian-Egyptian relations. Armen Melkonyan in turn passed Armenian FM Edward Nalbandyan's greetings to Abu al-Gheit, and expressed willingness to invest his best efforts in implementation of all above-mentioned programs and further extension of mutually beneficial cooperation. At Minister's request, Armenian diplomat introduced recent developments in Karabakh settlement process and Armenian-Turkish dialogue. 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 | Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. 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. |