Paper says Putin’s visit to Armenia postponedOctober 27, 2012 - 17:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Haykakan Zhamank daily, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Armenia, which was said to be earlier scheduled for late October or early November, has once again been postponed. Russian media outlets have already reported that Putin’s visits to India, Turkey and Pakistan have also been put off. According to CIS Executive Committee, the meeting of the Council of CIS heads of state has been shifted to early December, with the reasons not clarified. Meanwhile, Reuters yesterday, Oct. 26 noted Russian president’s health problems as the reason, which was later denied by Putin’s spokesman. Armenian prime minister’s appointment was expected to be in the focus of the discussions between Russian and Armenian presidents. According to government circles, Sargsyan-Putin discussions will be held early December in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, in the framework of CIS presidents’ council meeting, the daily says. 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. |