  PENTAGON HEAD VISIT TO BE ONLY FIRST STEP FOR PLANNED ARMENIAN-AMERICAN MILITARY COOPERATIONDecember 11, 2001 - 22:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The forthcoming visit of USA defense minister Donald Rumsfeld to Yerevan will be just the first step made for the Armenian-American military cooperation. US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia John Ordway has stated this to the «Arminfo» correspondent. According to him at the meeting of the Pentagon head and the Armenian leadership all the spectrum of issues particularly the methods of joint struggle against the international terrorism will be discussed. But the Ambassador has not informed whether the signing of any agreements is planned.  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 |  Latest news Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia  The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway.Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said.Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north.U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. |
