Armenia, France develop active cooperationOctober 5, 2009 - 21:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 5, RA Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrhamyan received a delegation led by French National Assembly member Michel Vauzelle , Chairman of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azyur Regional Council's French Department.Welcoming guests, NA Speaker expressed confidence that delegation's visit would contribute to the development of Armenia-French ties. Mr. Abrahmyan highly appreciated decentralized cooperation between two countries' regions. Speaker also expressed his gratitude to Mr. Vauzelle for holding firm stance on and making personal contribution to international recognition of Armenian Genocide. Anrhamyan attached special importance to regional council's December 12, 2008 decision proposing French Government and Senate to include in their agenda a bill establishing criminal liability for Genocide denial. Upon the guests' request, Hovik Abrahamyan introduced Armenia's approaches to Nagorno Karabakh conflict and Armenian-Turkish rapprochement. Meeting was also attended by French Ambassador to Armenia Serzh Smessov. 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 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. Baku: EU, U.S. share responsibility for Armenia’s “destabilizing actions” Azerbaijan has declared that the European Union and the United States will share responsibility for any destabilizing actions of Armenia |