Parliament speaker to pay official visit to LatviaJune 1, 2013 - 15:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian delegation led by parliamentary speaker Hovik Abrahamyan will pay an official visit to Latvia on June 4-6 on the invitation of the Saeima speaker Solvita Āboltiņa. Meetings with Latvia President Andris Berzins, the Saeima speaker, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis are on Abrahamyan’s visit agenda. The Armenian speaker has also scheduled meetings with Armenia-Latvia parliamentary friendship group members and representatives of the country’s Armenian community. 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 | U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |