Participation of Armenian air forces in exercises in Kazakhstan discussed with Russia's Ambassador in ArmeniaSeptember 26, 2009 - 16:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian defense minister Seyran Ohanyan yesterday received the newly appointed Ambassador of Russia to Armenia, Vyacheslav Kovalenko. The Armenian defense minister congratulated the Ambassador with assuming the new office and expressed hope that during his diplomatic mission ties between the two friendly nations and Russian-Armenian cooperation in the strategic spheres will strengthen. The officials discussed issues of participation of Armenian and Russian military units in the excercises of the CIS rapid reaction forces, to be held from October 1 to 16 in Kazakhstan, creation of a modern language laboratories for teaching the Russian language in the RA defense ministry, as well as rehabilitaiton in Gyumri the monument to Russian soldiers died in the Russian-Turkish war of 1777-1778. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |