Armenia ready for dialogue with Eastern Partnership statesMay 12, 2011 - 15:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Within the Eastern Partnership initiative, Armenia is ready to establish a constructive dialogue with its neighbours without preconditions, RA Deputy Foreign Minister stated. As Karine Kazinian said during the seminar titled EU's Role in the South Caucasus: From Cooperation to Partnership through Reforms: Challenges and Opportunities, “Armenia gives high assessment to the initiative, specifically from the point of view of promoting cooperation, dialogue and trust atmosphere.” However, as Kazinian noted with regret, some countries take no pains to support EU efforts to establish regional stability. “Eastern Partnership took Armenia-EU cooperation to a new level,” Ms. Kazinian said in conclusion. 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 | 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”. 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. |