Lebanese President to attend Francophone Summit in ArmeniaAugust 7, 2018 - 18:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lebanese President Michel Aoun will travel to Armenia in October to meet with his presidential counterpart and attend a scheduled summit, Al-Masdar News reports. According to the Lebanese President’s office, Aoun will lead a delegation to attend the seventh Francophone Summit, which is held in the Armenian capital of Yerevan. This will be ‘Aoun’s second visit to Armenia since being elected to the presidency in 2016. Prior to his Armenia trip, the Lebanese President is scheduled to make a speech at the United Nations at the end of September. Aoun's visit to Armenia was previously confirmed by Lebanese ambassador to Yerevan Maya Dagher. Also among top officials who will arrive in the country are French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Top stories 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. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. 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 Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. 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. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |