  Foreign Minister briefs French officials on Armenia’s foreign policy May 15, 2013 - 13:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian visited the French Senate to meet the president of the Senate's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Jean-Louis Carrere. At the meeting, the parties stressed the role of the parliaments of both countries in the strengthening of Armenian-French ties, with a number of regional and international issues discussed further. Later in the day, Nalbandian delivered a lecture on Armenia’s foreign policy priorities in the French Institute for International Relations. Ambassadors accredited to France, officials, experts, journalists and representatives of NGOs attended the lecture followed by a Q&A session, Foreign Ministry press service reported.   Top stories 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. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   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.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed.Azerbaijan razes historic Armenian church to ground Azerbaijan has demolished the historic Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist (known as Kanach Zham). |
