Pryakhin: Constitutional Reform to Prove Armenia's Political MaturityNovember 21, 2005 - 14:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today OSCE Yerevan Office Head Vladimir Pryakhin stated that "constitutional reform will prove Armenia's maturity." When addressing the conference initiated by the International Center for Human Development and the OSCE and CoE Armenian Offices Vladimir Pryakhin said he is sure Armenia can overcome the existing problems and fully integrate into the European structure. For her part head of the CoE Yerevan Office Bojana Urumova reminded that January 2005 Armenia will mark its 5th anniversary as a CoE member. She noted that some considerable changes including cancellation of death penalty and joining 20 European conventions took place in Armenia lately. At the same time Ms. Urumova said notwithstanding the obvious progress the Council of Europe will keep on monitoring the process of Armenia's honoring the commitments to the CoE, reported Mediamax. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. 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. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |