Armenia president, EU commissioner talk Karabakh, bilateral tiesOctober 3, 2017 - 17:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan on Monday, October 2 met with Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations to discuss relations between Armenia and the European Union. At the meeting, the sides hailed the efficient development process in the EU-Armenia cooperation as evidenced in practice by the construction of Bavra border checkpoint, which was opened the previous day with the support of the European Union. According to Hahn, the expertise of the Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) testifies that Bagratashen and Bavra checkpoints are among the best outside Europe. In the run-up to the upcoming EU Eastern Partnership Summit, President Sargsyan and European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Hahn discussed the EU-Armenia cooperation agenda, outlined the steps to take for the furtherance of bilateral relations and, in this context, weighed in on preparations for the signing of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement. Also, Sargsyan Hahn exchanged views on the regional problems and challenges, including the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. 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 | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |