RA Prime Minister off to MoscowSeptember 24, 2007 - 14:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Armenian Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan is departing for Moscow on a 2-day formal visit, the RA government's press office reported. The Armenian delegation includes Andranik Manukyan, the Minister of Transport and Communications, Nerses Yeritsyan, the Minister of Trade and Economic Development, Armen Movsisyan, the Minister of Energy, Mikael Harutyunyan, the Minister of Defense, Gegham Gharibjanyan, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and other officials. Serge Sargsyan is scheduled to meet with his Russian counterpart Victor Zubkov, Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov, CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha, EurAsEC Secretary General Grigory Rapota and head of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency Sergei Kiriyenko. 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 | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |