Armenia's Independence Day celebrated in Greece and EgyptSeptember 24, 2009 - 17:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On September 21, RA Embassy in Greece organized a reception dedicated to 18th anniversary of Armenia's Independence Day. The reception was attended by Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece Theodore Kassimis, MFA and Defense Ministry representatives, as well as Head of Greek MFA Department for Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Caucasus, Black Sea and Central Asian states Maria Teophilin.Greek authorities and representatives of political and social organizations participated. "Greek Diplomatic Life" social -political magazine covered the event. On September 23, personal representative of Egypt President, Mohammed Najm visited RA Embassy in Egypt and gave Egypt President Hosni Mubarak's congratulations to RA President Serzh Sargsyan and Armenian people. 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. |