Kansas military officials hail cooperation with ArmeniaMay 16, 2013 - 15:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Kansas adjutant general and top officials with the Armenian Ministry of Defense say a 10-year relationship between the state and Armenia has yielded benefits for both groups, El Dorado Times reported. Delegations from Kansas and Armenia have worked since 2003 to forge ties within their military, government, business and legal communities. Sergey Abrahamyan, a defense ministry official, said Wednesday, May 16, Armenia has learned a lot from Kansas that it is using in its new democracy. His visit this week was a follow up to a recent delegation visit to view the American legal system. Previous Kansas delegations to Armenia have helped establish a noncommissioned officer program in the military and emergency medical services. 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. |