  Ago group fixes progress in Armenia's efforts towards overcoming consequences of March 1 tragedyNovember 20, 2009 - 19:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamhyana has received members of CoE Ago Monitoring Group headed by Ambassador Stelian Stoyan, Romania's Permanent Representative at the Council of Europe. Welcoming the guests, Speaker briefed on post-electoral developments in Armenia, as well as the country's measures towards eliminating the consequences of March 1, 2008 tragic developments. Thoroughly discussing the processes following post-electoral developments, parties agreed that the country fixed certain progress in the sphere and stressed the importance of continuing efforts towards stimulating public trust in state structures and creating an atmosphere of public consent. Parties also touched upon Armenian-Turkish rapprochement, RA NA 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 |  Related sections Topic Latest 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. |
