U.S. official: America to keep fostering Armenian-Turkish rapprochementJanuary 27, 2012 - 17:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Eric Rubin. Development of Armenian-American relations was in focus of the meeting. Hailing Armenian government’s steps towards effective economy management, Mr. Rubin noted U.S. intention to continue fostering its further development. In this context, he stressed U.S. plan to contribute to the implementation of the second stage of Millennium Challenge Account, due to Armenia’s successful completion of the first one. Dwelling on regional issues, Mr. Rubin noted that U.S. will continue fostering Armenian-Turkish normalization process, opening of border as well as highway and railway construction, governmental press service reported. 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 | Russian Ambassador to Armenia summoned to Moscow for consultations Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin has been summoned to Moscow for consultations. Azerbaijan says now controls 4 villages as part of deal with Armenia Azerbaijan's border service has taken control of four villages in the Gazakh district on the border with Armenia. Lukashenko has "very interesting proposal" involving Caucasus Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has said he has "a very interesting proposal" involving the Caucasus region. Azerbaijan establishing three military colleges Three military colleges are being established in Azerbaijan, according to a decree signed by the country’s Prime Minister Ali Asadov. |