Austrian President arrives in Armenia June 25, 2012 - 20:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Austria's President Heinz Fischer and first lady Margrit Fischer arrived in Armenia for official visit. Meetings with President Serzh Sargysan, Catholicos of All Armenians His Holiness Karekin II, parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan and Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan are on Austrian leader’s visit agenda. The leaders of both countries will further attend Armenia-Austria business forum. Visits to Armenian Genocide Memorial complex, Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, Garni pagan temple and Geghard monastery are also on visit agenda. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |