RA NSC: Armenia fulfilled major part of IPAP commitmentsFebruary 11, 2011 - 16:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Secretary of the RA National Security Council (NSC) Arthur Baghdasaryan presided over a sitting of the interdepartmental committee coordinating implementation of Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) in Yerevan. Baghdasaryan noted that major part of 122 measures envisaged under the IPAP was implemented in 2010. “Armenia’s cooperation with NATO as part of strategic review of defense has yielded significant results. Creation of the Center for Crisis Management, as well as adoption of the Seismic Security Concept and National Program for Tackling Cybercrime were of great importance for Armenia. It is necessary to speed up the works on development of national programs of reforms in rescue system, military and educational doctrine, improvement of the struggle against the organized crimes,” he said. 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 | Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. 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”. |