Presidents of Armenia and Russia hold official meetingJune 2, 2010 - 15:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Changes took place in the itinerary of a two-day working visit of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to Rostov-on-Don. Initially, the Armenian President was expected to attend a horserace for the Russian President’s prize in Rostov-on-Don, but Serzh Sargsyan did not manage to do it, due to his bilateral meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Press Secretary of the Armenian President Armen Arzumanyan said that similar events serve as a ground for unofficial meetings of states’ leaders. “However, the Russian President offered to substitute the unofficial meeting by an official one, which lasted for an hour,” said Arzumanyan. 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 | Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Azerbaijan's defense spending set to increase by 11% Azerbaijan's spending on defense and national security will increase by 11%, according to a fresh bill. Armenian PM’s helicopter makes emergency landing in Vanadzor The helicopter transporting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made an emergency landing in Vanadzor. Lavrov says envoys “periodically” summoned for consultations Sergei Lavrov has commented Moscow’s summoning of Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin. |