EU to assist Armenia in creating frontier defense substructuresOctober 28, 2009 - 19:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 28, Secretary of RA National Security Council Arthur Baghdasaryan met with Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative for South Caucasus. Parties discussed issues concerning Armenia-EU cooperation. Arthur Baghdasaryan attached special importance to developing and extending relations.In the context of "Eastern Partnership" program, parties considered possibilities of assisting Armenia in creating frontier defense substructures. In his turn, Peter Semneby highly assessed the level of political dialogue between Armenia and EU. Parties also touched upon problems in the region, attaching special importance to normalization of Armenian-Turkish ties and ratification of recently signed Protocols. Semneby reiterated Union's willingness to support both countries in normalization of ties, NSC press service 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |