Armenia forms negotiation team for EU-Armenia Association AgreementJuly 16, 2010 - 15:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On July 15, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on establishment of a team and related groups responsible for negotiations on EU-Armenia Association Agreement. The RA Foreign Ministry will be implementing secretariat's functions on implementation of current works of the team. RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian is appointed coordinator of the negotiation team. Meanwhile, Deputy Foreign Minister Karine Kazinyan is appointed chief negotiator. 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 | Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. Armenia: 28 protesters arrested after clash with police The Investigative Committee of Armenia has announced the arrest of 28 participants of an opposition demonstration. International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |