Armenia to host CSTO Rapid Reaction Force exercise in 2011January 12, 2011 - 16:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan stated that Armenia will host CSTO Rapid Reaction Force exercise in October 2011. As NSC secretary told a news conference in Yerevan, operative-preventive measures to hamper crime in the territory of Armenia were taken within CSTO framework last year. “34 documents on cooperation in the sectors of security and struggle against terrorism were ratified at Moscow-hosted CSTO Council meeting on December 10, 2010,” Baghdasaryan said. 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 | 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. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |