Rescuer/Medceur Exercise to Be Held in Armenia in 2006November 2, 2005 - 13:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Rescuer/Medceur exercise of medical officers and rescuers will be held in Armenia in the second half of 2006 within the Partnership for Peace NATO program. Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan said that a planning conference is being held in Yerevan at present and the Azerbaijani representatives are not taking part in it. Serge Sargsyan noted that the participation of all the program member-states in the seminar on the upcoming exercise will be obligatory, Mediamax reported. 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 | U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. |