President says mutual visits boost Armenia-UK dialogueJuly 7, 2018 - 12:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Armen Sarkissian hailed mutual visits between Armenia and the United Kingdon at a meeting with the UK Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service, Simon McDonald, on Friday, July 6. Sarkissian welcomed McDonald to Armenia and noted that high-level visits promote the expansion of dialogue between the two countries. The British diplomat hailed the recent developments in Armenia, their peaceful nature, the resolution in the framework of the Constitution and the personal role of the President in the process. The parties exchanged views on the prospects of the Armenian-British cooperation. They concurred that potential for cooperation is great and there are multiple areas where the sides can achieve tangible results. 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. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. 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. |