QUESTION ON YEREVAN MAYOR PARTICIPATION IN SESSION OF CAPITAL HEADS OF BSEC COUNTRIES-MEMBERS NOT DECIDED YETDecember 13, 2001 - 22:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The session of the capital mayors of the countries-members of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization will be held in Baku 2002 February. The Baku executive power head has had a speech with the initiative to hold the meeting in Azerbaijan. Issues on social and public services are planned to be considered at the meeting. It is not known yet if Yerevan's mayor Robert Nazaryan would participate in the Baku meeting. 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 | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Azerbaijan razes historic Armenian church to ground Azerbaijan has demolished the historic Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist (known as Kanach Zham). |