CHIEFS OF ARMED FORCES GENERAL STAFF OF CIS MEMBER AND TREATY ON COLLECTIVE SECURITY PARTICIPANT STATES GATHERED IN MOSCOWSeptember 20, 2002 - 20:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The recurrent sitting of the chiefs of general staffs of armed forces of the CIS member states, as well as participants of the Treaty on Collective Security has opened in Moscow. Representatives of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Armenia participate in the forum. Republic of Armenia armed forces general staff chief Mikayel Harutyunian represents Armenia at the session. The prospects of developing military cooperation between the states, which are members of the CIS and the Treaty on Collective Security, is under consideration at the conference. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |