Defense Ministry: CSTO military drills will be unprecedented for Armenia Defense Ministry spokesman said exercises are in preparatory stage, with a campground built for the participants.August 17, 2012 - 16:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - As Artsrun Hovhannisyan told a press conference, the exercises are currently in preparatory stage, with a campground built for the participants. Dwelling on the number of servicemen and technicians set to arrive from different countries, Mr. Hovhannisyan said Defense Ministry will release a report on the issue. Collective Rapid Reaction Force joint maneuvers are due in September 2012 in Armenia. 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. |