European integration priority issue in Armenia’s foreign policy – NA speakerOctober 21, 2011 - 18:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 21, Armenian parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan with European Movement International (EMI) President Pat Cox, Vice President Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb and Secretary General Diogo Pinto. At the meeting, the National Assembly speaker stressed the European integration to be among priority issues with Armenia’s foreign policy. As he noted, Armenian authorities have enough political will to fulfill the necessary reforms. Mr. Cox thanked Mr. Abrahamyan for hosing a conference on civil society’s role in European integration in Yerevan, stressing that the reforms initiated will further strengthen European values in Armenian society. European Movement International (EMI) congress on “Fostering Civil Society’s role for further European integration in the Eastern Partnership countries” kicked off October 20 in Yerevan. The event was opened by the head of the European Commission Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger. The chief of presidential staff Vigen Sargsyan, Prosperous Armenia party leader Gagik Tsarukyan as well as 150 representatives of European and South Caucasus NGOs are participating. 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. |