ARMENIAN DEPUTIES FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH LATVIAN COLLEAGUES EXPERIENCESeptember 16, 2002 - 23:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian parliamentary delegation headed by National Assembly Speaker Armen Khachatrian is in the capital of Latvia on a three-day official visit. As reported by chief of Armenian-Latvian friendship group of the Latvian parliament Edvins Inkens, the Armenian deputies wished to familiarize themselves with holding reforms in the country, as well as with the Latvian experience in integration into the European Union. The parliamentarians' meetings with the Latvian leadership and Armenian community representatives are planned. Signing of a joint statement of the parliaments of the two countries is expected. 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. |