French Foreign Ministry Director for Continental Europe to visit ArmeniaJune 8, 2011 - 15:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 8, Director for Continental Europe of the French Foreign Ministry Philippe Lefort will arrive in Armenia. The visit is aimed at holding political consultations between the Armenian and French Foreign Ministries, the press service of the French embassy to Armenia reported. Regional policy and Armenian-French relations will be in the focus of the consultations. Lefort is also scheduled to meet with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian. 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. |