Italy to strengthen ties with Armenian entrepreneursDecember 8, 2011 - 14:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Italian ambassador to Armenia expressed adherence to strengthening relations between the two countries. Commenting on his contributions to the development of bilateral ties in a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Bruno Scapini noted, “aware of the challenges we’re facing in political, economical and cultural sectors, I feel a commitment to improve the degree of cooperation to the best of my possibilities.” “At present, I’m working on establishment of Armenian-Italian business association, which can be a basis for further cooperation in other fields as well, maybe exchange of youth, students, organization of seminars, collective events and fairs,” the ambassador noted. “I found businessmen in Italy that would like to join this initiative, which in itself symbolizes the existing excellent relations,” Mr Scapini said. Association formation activities will be launched in December, with the program to probably kick off in early 2012 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 | 17 bridges collapse as a result of floods in Armenia As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. Armenia: Top cleric to retain title as he bids to become interim PM Galstanyan said earlier that the interim government would be tasked with stopping the “destruction of our homeland”. Ex-mayor of Karabakh capital arrested in Yerevan Ex-mayor of the Nagorno-Karabakh city of Stepanakert David Sargsyan has been arrested for 20 days. 269 people evacuated amid severe floods in Armenia’s north According to the Interior Ministry, 269 people have been evacuated from their homes in Lori and Tavush provinces. |