Michael Vardanyan appointed vice-president of Inter-Parliamentary UnionOctober 29, 2009 - 19:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 121 Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union passed from October 19 to 21 in Geneva . Armenian delegation headed by the National Assembly Vice-Speaker and representative of the Republican Party Samvel Nikoyan participated in the work of assembly. During the first meeting of the leaders of Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly on October 19 participants discussed issues of membership, report of the Secretary and Chairman of the Inter-Parliamentary Union about the work done in the past 6 months. The "Eurasia" working group, also chaired by Armenia, convened a meeting. Head of the Armenian delegation Samvel Nikoyan suggested to nominate candidate Michael Vardanyan from the group. Global problems, mainly related to the worldwide fight against drug trafficking and illicit arms trafficking have been discussed at the assembly. During October 20-21 meetings the governing council chose five new members of the executive committee, one of them was a deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia Michael Vardanyan. He was also appointed as vice-president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, press service of the National Assembly of Armenia reports. 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. |