Hovik Abrahamyan invites President of the Austrian National Council to visit ArmeniaJune 25, 2010 - 18:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 25, Speaker of the Armenian parliament Hovik Abrahamyan met with Austrian delegation led by Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger. Mr. Abrahamyan expressed hope that the Minister’s visit will serve as a new stimulus for the development of inter-parliamentary relations with Austria. Attaching importance to the activity of the Austrian parliamentary group for South Caucasus, the Armenian Speaker offered to create parliamentary groups of bilateral cooperation. Besides, Abrahamyan stressed the necessity of stirring up cooperation within PACE, OSCE PA and Euronest. The Speaker noted that Armenia is interested in the development of trade, economic, cultural, scientific and educational ties with Austria. For his part, Michael Spindelegger stressed that Austria attaches importance to boosting relations with Armenia, what is proved by the organization of the Armenian-Austrian business-forum in Yerevan. The parties referred to the Armenian-Turkish normalization and Karabakh conflict settlement, saying that the conflict should be resolved peacefully through negotiations within the OSCE Minsk Group. Besides, Mr. Abrahamyan confirmed his invitation addressed to President of the Austrian National Council Barbara Prammer to pay an official visit to Armenia, the RA NA press service reported. 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. |