Pope Francis to meet with Syrian refugees during Armenia visitMay 6, 2016 - 12:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Pope Francis, set to visit Armenia on June 24-26, will meet with the refugees who fled violence and war in Syria, Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan said Thursday, May 5. Addressing an interdepartmental commission on the coordination of the issues of Syrian-Armenians, Hakobyan urged to properly organize the meeting between the pontiff and the refugees. Also on the interdepartmental commission meeting agenda were social assistance programs for the Syrian-Armenians, as well as issues of arranging summer holidays for the refugee children. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. 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. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. 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. 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. |