Senator-Mayor of Lyon pays official visit to ArmeniaJuly 15, 2011 - 20:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - At the invitation of Yerevan City Hall, the delegation headed by Senator-Mayor of Lyon Gerard Collomb is in Yerevan on official visit, July 15-20. The delegation includes officials and businessmen from the fields of transportation, administration, culture, education and capital-building. Meetings with President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, Spokesman of Armenian Parliament Hovik Abrahamyan, Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan and RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian are envisaged within the frames of the delegation’s visit. Issues of bilateral cooperation will be discussed in Yerevan city hall; respective cooperation agreement will be signed. The delegation will be present at the opening ceremony of the Park of Lyons in Yerevan. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |