IN YEREVAN CIS DEFENSE MINISTERS TO DISCUSS OVER 20 MILITARY INTEGRATION QUESTIONSMay 1, 2004 - 18:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Over twenty questions of military integration are on the agenda of the session of the CIS Council of Defense Ministers to be held in Yerevan May 21. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov will chair the session. As reported by 525 Baku newspaper, it is not clear yet whether Defense Minister of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev will take part in the Yerevan forum. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |