Armenia joined Global Initiative on Struggle against Nuclear TerrorismApril 17, 2007 - 14:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia officially informed Russia and the United States as Co-Chairs of the Global Initiative on the struggle against attacks with nuclear terrorism about her approval of the Statement on the principals of this Initiative. The Global Initiative was announced by Russian and U.S. Presidents during the G8 Summit in Saint Petersburg. From that time on two meeting have been organized with the participation of initial member countries of the Initiative and the G8 states - Australia, Turkey, China, Kazakhstan and Morocco. At the first meeting in Rabat in October 2006 founding documents of the Initiative were approved by participants - Statement on Principals and Regulations on Realization and Assessment. At the second meeting in February in Ankara the working schedule for 2007-2008 was coordinated. After the meeting in Ankara Georgia, Ukraine, Palau, Israel, Macedonia, Cambodia and Romania have already joined the Initiative. "Russian MFA welcomes RA's decision on joining the Global Initiative and expects Armenia will make a significant contribution to the realization of the initiative. Russia also hopes other states in the world, which share Initiative's common goals and actively adhere to the struggle against nuclear terrorism, will also join the Initiative," says the statement of the RF MFA Press Office. 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 | U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |