MIDDLE URAL AND ARMENIA SHOULD COOPERATE MORE CONSTRUCTIVELY, INTERACTING WITHIN LEGAL FRAMEWORKMarch 25, 2005 - 10:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Middle Ural and Armenia should cooperate even more constructively, developing not only commercial and economic ties, but also interacting within the legal framework, stated Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk region Yuri Osintsev, who visited Yerevan as member of the Sverdlovsk region governmental delegation, ITAR-TASS reported. "We met with representatives of the National Assembly of Armenia, and our intercourse was productive," Yu. Osintsev said. "As a result we addressed Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Artur Baghdasarian, inviting him to pay a return visit to Sverdlovsk region. These contacts will be useful both for us and for them," he noted. In his words, such interparliamentary contacts allow adopting the best each of us has, especially taking into account the fact that reforms are under way both in Armenia and Russia. "Armenia, for example, interests us from the point of view of reforms of the housing and communal services. They have experienced a so-called "shock therapy" - transferred to 100% payment of public utilities, - Yu. Osintsev said. - This is what we have to go through now. Armenia in its turn is interested in our experience in reforming local self-government." Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |