Oskanian Held Several Meetings with U.S. Top Officials in WashingtonMarch 29, 2006 - 16:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During his 2-day visit to Washington Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian held a number of meetings with the U.S. top officials, reported the RA MFA press office. The Armenian Minister met with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried and Deputy Assistant Matthew Bryza. The interlocutors discussed bilateral cooperation including the programs contributing to the development of economy and referred to some regional issues, energy security and diversification of energy sources. Besides, Vartan Oskanian met with OSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-chair Steven Mann. The talks focused on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. The RA FM reiterated Armenia is ready to settle the Karabakh problem via talks. March 28 Vartan Oskanian addressed the Washington National Club. March 29 the Minister made for New York to meet UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and other officials. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |