PACE President to meet Armenian Patriarchal Vicar in Istanbul![]() January 9, 2012 - 19:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Mevlüt Çavusoglu, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will make an official visit to Turkey on January 9-13, 2012. In Ankara (January 9-10), he will meet the President and Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly and the heads of the main political parties, as well as the Foreign Affairs and Justice Ministers. In Istanbul (January 11), the President will meet religious leaders, including the Chief Rabbi of Turkey, His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomeos I and His Eminence Archbishop Aram Ateshian, Patriarchal Vicar of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople. In Hatay Province (January 12), he will visit Syrian refugee camps and address students at Mustafa Kemal University, PACE official website reported. The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Partner news |