Collaboration between Armenia and EU consulting group Armenia will strengthenSeptember 3, 2009 - 20:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On September 3, representative of RA NA Permanent Committee for Eurointegration Issues, Naira Zohrabyan met Head of EU consulting group in Armenia, Rolf Bjork. RA NA Head's Councilor Tatul Manasaryan attended the meeting.Naira Zohrabyan emphasized the importance of eurointegration as a priority line of RA external policy. Dwelling on Committee's work, Zohrabyan stressed that RA Eurointegration Parliamentary Committee needs professional personnel. She suggested organizing seminars for committee experts in the framework of EU-implemented programs in Armenia to increase effectiveness of Armenian legislation's harmonization with European standards. Head of EU consulting group in Armenia Rolf Bjork stressed that the consulting group will take its best efforts for collaboration to be effective, RA NA Press Service reported. 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. |