NSC secretary, CoE rep. discuss cooperationFebruary 4, 2013 - 19:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - National Security Council secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan met Feb 4 with the newly-appointed representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in Armenia Oleksandr Pavliuk. NSC secretary congratulated the official on the appointment, voicing confidence for the cooperation between Armenia and Council of Europe to continue deepening. He further stressed the importance of closer partnership with representative of CoE Secretary General during Armenia’s chairmanship of CoE Committee of Ministers. Mr Pavliu, in turn, said that Armenia’s chairmanship of CoE Committee of Ministers will enable to deepen the cooperation between Yerevan and Strasburg. He pledged to take best efforts to bring the priorities of 2012-2014 program into fruition. Cooperation prospects and priorities were further discussed. 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. |