Armenia’s Defense Minister to become new CSTO chief: InterfaxSeptember 12, 2016 - 12:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan may become the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Russian news agency Interfax cited a source familiar with the matter as saying. "In a short time, Ohanyan will be relieved from his post as the Defense Minister to take up responsibilities as the CSTO Secretary General," the source from the Armenian government said. Earlier, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan announced major changes in the state administration, starting from his own staff to various ministries. Acting CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha said that the name of the new Secretary General of the organization will be announced at a Yerevan-hosted session of the Collective Security Council on October 14. The new chief will be a representative of Armenia, he said. 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. |