European integration priority issue in Armenia’s foreign policy – NA speakerOctober 21, 2011 - 18:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 21, Armenian parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan with European Movement International (EMI) President Pat Cox, Vice President Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb and Secretary General Diogo Pinto. At the meeting, the National Assembly speaker stressed the European integration to be among priority issues with Armenia’s foreign policy. As he noted, Armenian authorities have enough political will to fulfill the necessary reforms. Mr. Cox thanked Mr. Abrahamyan for hosing a conference on civil society’s role in European integration in Yerevan, stressing that the reforms initiated will further strengthen European values in Armenian society. European Movement International (EMI) congress on “Fostering Civil Society’s role for further European integration in the Eastern Partnership countries” kicked off October 20 in Yerevan. The event was opened by the head of the European Commission Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger. The chief of presidential staff Vigen Sargsyan, Prosperous Armenia party leader Gagik Tsarukyan as well as 150 representatives of European and South Caucasus NGOs are participating. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |