Silence of the Foreign Ministry: Turkmen President to visit Armenia?November 1, 2012 - 18:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Several media outlets, especially Azerbaijani ones, reported November 1 that President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow will discuss bilateral cooperation during his upcoming visit to Armenia. PanARMENIAN.Net reporter addressed Armenian Foreign Ministry with a request to clarify the information. “We will inform about high-ranking officials’ visits to Armenia in due time,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan said. Thus, Azerbaijani media appear to be better informed of high-level officials’ upcoming visits to Yerevan, than Armenian ones. On November 5 during a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, First Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev conveyed Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow’s readiness visit Yerevan, with the date not specified. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |