Defense Minister visits Armenia’s north-eastern border areaAugust 9, 2012 - 17:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On August 7, Armenian Defense Minister visited the north-eastern border area. Seyran Ohanyan familiarized himself with the large-scale construction works and tested the resistance of defense and engineering facilities at frontline military positions. In conversation with servicemen on duty, Minister Ohanyan hailed border zone defense points. He further visited a shooting ground in the north-eastern direction of the border zone. Upon completion of the visit, Chinari town schoolchildren handed kind wishes to the minister, stressing the role of a strong statehood and army. 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. |