Armenian Consulate General to open in OdessaFebruary 14, 2012 - 13:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on opening Armenian Consulate General in Odessa, the presidential press service reports. Yerevan and Odessa have been twin cities for over 15 years already. Much work has been done during the past 15 years, representatives of the two cities say. “We are closely cooperating with Yerevan; they help us organize many activities, in particular, the Sunday schools. We have a Sunday school with about 100 students,” Margarita Tarasyan, vice-president of the Armenian community said. Armenians have settled in Odessa region back in 13-14th centuries, in the towns of Kilia and Akerman. Later many Armenians moved to Grigoriopol (in Moldova) built by Armenians in 1792. The legend says the town was named so after St. Gregory the Illuminator. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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. Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. |