CSTO session on emergency situations set for Sept 29 in YerevanSeptember 28, 2016 - 14:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian capital on Thursday, September 29 will host the Emergency Situations Coordination Council session of the Collective Security Treaty Organizations (CSTO), with Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov scheduled to attend the meeting. The summit in Yerevan will address the decision of the Collective Security Council on the member states’ response to emergencies, the CSTO website says. Also in the spotlight of the session will be issues concerning the expansion of cooperation with international organizations in emergency situations. 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 | 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. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |