Tigran Sargsyan: We aim to develop local self-administration in ArmeniaJune 29, 2011 - 20:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On June 29, Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan met with the delegation of the Congress of local and regional authorities of the Council of Europe which is in Yerevan for participation at the conference titled Migration: challenges for local and regional authorities. During the meeting Sargsyan said that Armenia keeps a watchful eye at sittings and discussions in the Congress. “Our main goal is to develop local self-administration in Armenia. From this view, for strengthening democracy, issues of self-administration may play an important role in formation of civilized society,” he said. Head of Armenian delegation of local and regional authorities to CoE, Emin Yeritsyan, presented the works of the sitting. As the Governmental press service cites Yeritsyan, sittings, held beyond Strasbourg, help get familiar with CoE country members and develop cooperation. Usually sittings of the CoE Congress are held in Strasbourg, however at the invitation of the Armenian government, Yerevan City Hall and Union of Armenian Communities this time it was held in Armenia involving 70 dellegates of CoE country members. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |