  Heritage party leader meets U.S., European officials December 14, 2012 - 16:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Heritage party leader Raffi K. Hovannisian met Friday, Dec 14, with a delegation led by U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state Thomas Melia to discuss Armenia's democratic challenges during the election period as well as the country’s foreign policy priorities. In a separate encounter, Hovannisian met and discussed a similar agenda with Foreign Ministers Carl Bildt of Sweden, Radoslaw Sikorski of Poland and Nikolay Mladenov of Bulgaria.   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 |  Latest news European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan  The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide.Azerbaijan razes historic Armenian church to ground Azerbaijan has demolished the historic Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist (known as Kanach Zham). |
