Foreign Minister of Georgia resolves Upper Lars issue after meeting with his Armenian counterpartOctober 6, 2010 - 20:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - At October 6 parliamentary session, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian spoke about the results of recent meeting with his Georgian counterpart Grigol Vashadze. “Issues on legal status of Armenian Church in Georgia, Armenian language and schools were discussed. The problem with Upper Lars checkpoint, closed for technical reasons, was resolved within hours, as promised by Georgian Foreign Minister,” Nalbandian pointed out. Dwelling on Vashadze’s statement that there’s no such region as Javakhk on Georgia’s map, Nalbandian noted that such conversations do not behove the Foreign Minister of Armenia. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. |