Armenia President hopes CSTO will approve collective security strategyJuly 4, 2016 - 15:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on Monday, July 4 expressed hope that the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will approve the security strategy for the period until 2025. CSTO Secretary-General Nikolay Bordyuzha and members of the Foreign Ministers’ Council arrived in Yerevan on Monday to participate in a session in the framework of Armenia’s chairmanship of the Organization. Citing the success of the sessions of Military Committee and the Security Council’s Secretaries Committee held in Yerevan, the President said he expected the Foreign Minister’s council session to prove successful too. Bordyuzha, in turn, briefed the President on the issues to be dicussed at the meeting, as well as the upcoming projects and events set to be held in the framework of Armenia’s chairmanship. 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. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |