  Presidential hopeful Hovannisian holds meetings in Paris January 17, 2013 - 15:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian presidential candidate and former foreign minister, Heritage party leader Raffi K. Hovannisian met with Paul Jean-Ortiz, the chief diplomatic counsellor of French President Francois Hollande. The official encounter, which included a discussion of Armenia’s upcoming elections, its state of democracy, Armenian-EU relations and Yerevan’s foreign policy priorities for the future, took place at the Elysee, France’s presidential palace. Earlier, Raffi Hovannisian participated in a public forum with the French-Armenian community, delivering an address and taking questions on the combined challenges facing Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) and the Armenian Diaspora.   Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
