Armenian officers and physicians to depart for Afghanistan with peacekeeping missionMay 29, 2007 - 15:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian officers and physicians will depart for Afghanistan with a peacekeeping mission, head of International Cooperation and Defense Programs Department of the Armenian Defense Ministry major general Mikael Melkonyan stated to a press conference in Yerevan. He said currently talks are on the way with Greek and British sides. "The matter is about sending one or two staff officers and physicians. And since it is a new area of military actions for us, our assistance will be humanitarian. The main thing here is agreement with partners and provision of documentation," Melkonyan said. Mikael Melkonyan reminded, according to the RA Constitution the issue of sending peacekeepers demands to sign a corresponding agreement, a special procedure in the Constitutional Court and approval by the parliament. Armenian peacekeepers serve in Kosovo within the Greek battalion from February 12, 2004 and Iraq within the Polish contingent from January 25, 2005. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |