Yerevan to mark 2789th birthday October 11-13October 1, 2007 - 16:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - October 11-13 Armenia will mark the 2789th birthday of its capital, Yerevan. Delegations from 13 cities will take part in the festivities, a PR officer of Yerevan city administration, David Gevorgyan said Monday. Delegation will mostly arrive from twin-cities - Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Isfahan, Odessa, Cambridge, Nice and Lyon. "However, the information is not precise. We still receive applications and the final number of guests will be known in 5 or 6 days," he said. "The foreign delegations will hold business meetings and travel through the city," he added, Novosti Armenia reports. 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. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |