FOREIGN MINISTER OF ARMENIA AND EUROCOMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE MET IN YEREVANMay 8, 2001 - 22:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - YEREVAN, May 8. /Mediamax/. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Vardan Oskanian met today in Yerevan with Kig Witterbrud, head of department for Central Asian and Caucasian states of the Chief Directorate of the European Commission for foreign affairs. As Mediamax was told today in the press service of Armenian Foreign Ministry, the sides discussed questions concerning the upcoming visit of Armenian President to the headquarters of the European Union (EU) in Brussels. Minister Oskanian drew Viterbrud's attention to the fact that Armenia is ready to consider the question of conservation of the Armenian nuclear plant only after the country is provided with alternative energy sources. Armenian Foreign Minister expressed gratitude to EU for the support to the idea and realization of regional conference in Armenia on information technologies and for the promised financial assistance to that project. --0-- 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 | Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. |