Georgia’s Ilia II to miss CIS spiritual leaders’ meeting in Yerevan![]() November 28, 2011 - 10:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II will not attend the meeting of CIS spiritual leaders to be held in Yerevan on November 29-30, a spokesman for Holy Etchmiadzin said. According to Father Vahram Melikyan, the decision is explained by the fact that Georgia is not a Commonwealth member state. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan’s spiritual leader Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh will take part in the meeting, during which an agreement on several important issues is expected to be reached. As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news |