Armenian President congratulates his U.S. counterpart on birthdayAugust 4, 2012 - 11:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today, August 4, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan sent a congratulatory letter to the President of the United States of America Barack Obama on his birthday. The letter states, "Your Excellency, I warmly congratulate you on your birthday. I wish you and your family endless happiness and successful implementation of your projects and initiatives. We, in Armenia, highly appreciate your efforts towards strengthening our interstate relations. The multi-faceted cooperation and strong partnership ties between our countries have seen an unprecedented growth. This has given new impetus to our collaboration and drawn closer our friendly peoples. I have no doubt that our continuous joint efforts will guarantee an excellent future for the Armenia-U.S. relations. Once again, I congratulate you and send best wishes for your birthday". Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |