Sargsyan, Al-Assad to open Armenian-Syrian business forumJune 16, 2009 - 12:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is arriving in Armenia Wednesday on invitation of RA leader Serzh Sargsyan. Tete-a-tete presidential meeting will be followed by expanded talks. Mr. Al-Assad is also expected to meet with National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II. He will also attend Matenadaran, the Institute of Ancient Manuscripts. On June 19, Presidents Sargsyan and Al-Assad will open Armenian-Syrian business forum, the RA leader's press office reported. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. 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. |