Heritage: Armenia must follow European integration courseNovember 25, 2011 - 17:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Heritage opposition party stands against Armenia’s joining the Eurasian Union, seeing the country’s future in cooperation with Europe, Heritage parliamentary group leader said. As Stepan Safaryan stressed during foreign policy forum, “Yerevan must adhere to the course of European integration with the country’s Eurasian Union bid rendering Armenia-EU Association Agreement impossible.” As Safaryan noted, Heritage spoke against extension of Russian military base deployment in Armenia to promote Armenia’s European integration course. On November 18, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have signed a decree to set up a joint body to oversee and regulate the economy and trade in the three former Soviet countries. The Eurasian Economic Commission will be set up in January to regulate and to gradually take over functions in shaping and executing trade and economic policies from Russian, Belarusian and Kazakh authorities in a way similar to the economic bodies of the European Union. The forum was organized by the Armenian Center of Political and International Studies with the assistance of U.S. National Democratic Institute. 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. |