  RA NA Speaker, Lebanese Foreign Minister discuss Karabakh problem and Armenian-Turkish rapprochement April 13, 2010 - 13:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 12, Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan, who is on a three-day visit to Lebanon, met with Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Ali Shami, the RA NA press office reported. Praising the Armenian community for contributing to development of Lebanon, Mr. Shami expressed willingness to strengthen relations with Armenia in political, economic and cultural fields. The Armenian-Turkish rapprochement and Karabakh conflict were also is focus during the meeting. Mr. Abrahamyan once again said that Armenia is ready to establish relations with Turkey without preconditions. As for the Karabakh conflict, he noted that the conflict shall be settled peacefully in the OSCE Minsk Group framework, with recognition of Karabakh people’s right to self-determination. Mr. Shami said for his part that Lebanon supports efforts for peaceful resolution of the conflict.   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 |  Topics Latest news U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west  Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenMoscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said.Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |
