Italy seriously interested in CaucasusOctober 16, 2009 - 23:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Italy attaches great importance to relations with Armenia, Italian Foreign Ministry State Secretary Alfredo Mantica said at the meeting with the Ambassador of Armenia to Italy Ruben Karapetyan . According to the Italian diplomat, the Armenian-Italian relations are developing successfully. "We are seriously interested in the Caucasus region and are confident that economic cooperation with Armenia in the jewelry industry and agriculture has a great potential," Alfredo Mantica said. As Ruben Karapetyan stressed, Armenia welcomes the intention of Italy to expand its economic presence in the region. During the meeting the officials shared views on Armenian-Turkish relations, the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement and activation of the Armenian-Italian parliamentary cooperation, press office of the RA Foreign Ministry reports. 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |