Armenian FM attends independence festivities in GavarSeptember 22, 2011 - 11:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian visited the town of Gavar in the Gegharkunik province of Armenia, to attend celebrations dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Armenia's independence. On behalf of the Armenian President and Prime Minister, the country's top diplomat handed over letters of commendation to healthcare, educational and cultural workers. “During the 20 years of independence we gained a reputation of a reliable partner at the international arena and this is one of our best achievements. We must always rely on our own strengths,” Minister Nalbandian said, quoted by the ministerial press office. 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. |