FIRST RUSSIAN PRESIDENT ARRIVED IN YEREVANOctober 12, 2002 - 21:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today first Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his spouse arrived in Yerevan on a private visit on the invitation of the Armenian President. "I love Armenia and accepted Robert Kocharian's suggestion with great pleasure," - Boris Yeltsin told journalists in Yerevan airport. A solid program for the visit is composed and a meeting with the Armenian President, which will be useful for me and maybe for him, is planned, the ex-President of the Russian Federation stated. "Long history ties Russia and Armenia together. We should value it and try to further develop cooperation," - he emphasized. Boris Yeltsin's visit to Armenia will last till October 18. Within the framework of the visit the Yeltsin spouses will participate in the annual celebration of the founding of Yerevan, will visit the memorial to the victims of the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey. 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. |