CoE-Armenia cooperation can ease political tensionsApril 2, 2008 - 17:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosian met April 1 with the AGO group led by Ambassador Per Sjogren, the RA NA press office reported.Armenia's permanent representative to PACE Christian Ter-Stepanyan and Special Representative of the Council of Europe Secretary General to Armenia Bojana Urumova also attended the meeting. The Armenian Speaker appreciated highly the activity of Mr John Prescott, head of the PACE observation mission. Introducing the members of AGO group, Mr Sjogren said it's the biggest-ever group visiting Armenia, what speaks of the CoE's concern about the situation in the republic. "The CoE-Armenia collaboration can contribute to improvement of the situation, establishment of political dialogue and consent," he said. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. 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. |