Armenian Prime Minister to attend EPP political summitNovember 8, 2011 - 16:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On November 8, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan will attend European People’s Party (EPP) political summit. As government press office reports, Armenian PM will meet with members of European Friends of Armenia Organization and attend a working dinner with European Parliament members. On November 7, Tigran Sargsyan participated in a conference organized by EPP. Party leader Wilfried Martens, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, European Parliament members and economists also attended the conference. Single European currency maintenance, further political integration, structural reforms in Europe, bank capitalization, macroeconomic stability and other issues were on discussion agenda. Armenian delegation includes head of RA Government Staff David Sargsyan, Armenia's Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan, member of ruling Republican Party of Armenia Artak Zakaryan and other officials. 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 | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |