Yerevan hosting EPP Eastern Partnership summitNovember 30, 2012 - 14:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan is hosting European People’s Party (EPP) Eastern Partnership summit on Friday, November 30. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, Moldova Prime Minister Vladimir Filat, EPP President Wilfried Martens and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso will attend the event. The summit will focus on Eastern Partnership-related issued, with a number of bilateral meetings scheduled. 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 | 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. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |