Armenian President meets Lithuania’s outgoing envoyAugust 28, 2012 - 18:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with Lithuania’s outgoing ambassador Giedrius Apuokas. President Sargsyan noted that significant intensification of the political dialogue was recorded in the past few years, with cooperation between the two countries having stepped into a new stage. Armenian leader voiced hope that Lithuania’s next envoy will be able to further the progress observed. President Sargsyan highly assessed the assistance Lithuania offered to Armenia on its way to European integration. The two men further attached importance to development of Armenian- Lithuanian cooperation in the framework of Eastern Partnership (EaP) project. 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 | 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 Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. |