MEETING OF CIS FM COUNCIL TO BE HELD IN MINSK MARCH 18March 12, 2005 - 07:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers will be held in Minsk March 18. The problem of reforming CIS bodies is supposed to be the central problem at the coming meeting. The meeting draft agenda also includes matters referring to security and cooperation in struggle against crime, as well as humanitarian problems. The meeting participants will discuss the bill of the CIS Concept of Cooperation in fighting terror and other violent manifestation of extremism, the draft Program of Cooperation of the CIS states in counteracting illegal migration in 2006-2008, the draft Agreement on Cooperation between the CIS states in struggle with tax crimes. Besides, the project of the Concept of Joint System of information marking of explosives, ammunition and fire-arms, sponsored and submitted by the Council of Heads of Security Bodies and Special Services of CIS states. The block of humanitarian issues includes the draft Conceprt of Development of Adult Education in CIS states, as well as draft Agreement on Cooperation in Work with the Youth, which provides for the forming of a Council for Youth Affairs of the CIS states. The Commonwealth Foreign Ministers will consider the proposal of the Republic of Belarus on conferring a status of basic organization to four Belorussian higher education institutions. The CIS Council on Education Cooperation has also proposed to confer basic organization statuses to the Republic of Armenia State Institute for enhancing qualification and retraining of information science staff in education of people with handicaps and the unemployed and to the Russian University of People's Friendship in information cooperation of education systems of the CIS states. 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 | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. |