Level of Armenian-Kazakh political relations highDecember 25, 2008 - 15:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Absence of direct communication is the main obstacle for trade relations between Armenia and Kazakhstan, according to Kazakhstan's Charge d'Affaires in Armenia."The level of Armenian-Kazakh political relations is high, what is proved by regular presidential meetings and consultations between Foreign Ministries," Nurbolat Alimbayev told a news conference in Yerevan. "Kazakhstan's foreign policy bases on pragmatism and balance. We enjoy good relations with neighboring superpowers - Russia and China. Like Armenia, Kazakhstan is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization," he said. "According to official data, the Armenian community of Kazakhstan numbers 25 thousand. Actually, there are much more Armenians living in our country, along with people of over 100 nationalities. At that, our government managed to avoid inter-ethnic and religious conflicts," Alimbayev added. 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 | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine 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. 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. |