ICRC may take charge of drug-addicted detainees’ treatment in ArmeniaMay 13, 2011 - 20:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The head of Armenian Justice Ministry's Correctional Administration (CA) Hayk Harutyunyan met with the newly- appointed head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation to Armenia, Lorenzo Caraffi and head of mission Mathias Weinreich. Mr. Harutyunyan congratulated Mr. Caraffi with his appointment, further briefing the guests on Correctional Administration's structure, main activities and current issues. The parties gave high assessment to CA-ICRC cooperation, expressing hope for its continuation. Possibilities of effective treatment of drug-addicted detainees were discussed. Top stories 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. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |