  RA NA speaker invites his Swedish and Maltese colleagues to Armenia June 15, 2010 - 16:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - RA parliamentary speaker Hovik Abrahamyan met with a number of foreign speakers within the framework of Conference of European speakers in Limassol. During the meeting with his Swedish counterpart Per Westerberg, Armenian speaker gave high assessment to Swedish parliament’s adoption of Armenian Genocide resolution. The parties dwelled on Armenia-Turkey rapprochement issue. Hovik Abrahamyan also met with the speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta Michael Frendo and CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammerberg who plans a visit to Yerevan in October. Meetings with speakers of Croatia, Albania, Morocco, Italy, Cyprus, Poland and Ukraine were held, RA NA press service reported.   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 |  Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
