DEFENSE MINISTERS OF ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN MEET AT THE BORDERDecember 15, 2000 - 19:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 15.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The Defense Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Serzh Sarkisian and Safar Abiyev met near Sadarak region (autonomous republic of Nakhichevan) at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.The parties agreed on the meeting during the recent visit of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairmen for the Karabakh conflict settlement to the region. The mediators expressed confidence that such meeting will promote the cease-fire regime at the border. -0- 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. |