Armenia, Latvia sign agreements on bilateral cooperationDecember 10, 2009 - 15:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian and Latvian governments signed a number of bilateral agreements on air communications, technical and economic cooperation, environment protection; struggle against terrorism, organized crime and drug trafficking. The signing ceremony was followed by a joint news conference of Armenian and Latvian Presidents. Armenia attaches importance to development of relations with Latvia," Serzh Sargsyan said. "Today we had a chance to discuss the current situation and development prospects." 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. |