All CIS countries, except Azerbaijan, to attend All-Armenian Conference in YerevanSeptember 15, 2011 - 13:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - All-Armenian Conference to be held in Yerevan on September 19-21 is unprecedented in Armenia’s history. According to Head of the Department of CIS Armenian Communities at the RA Ministry of Diaspora Andranik Arshakyan, the forum will turn a new chapter in fostering ties between Armenia and Diaspora. “There are a lot of challenges we can withstand with combined efforts,” Arshakyan told a press conference in Yerevan. Arshakyan also noted that the main goal of the event is to establish unity between Diaspora and Armenia. All-Armenian Conference will bring together 500 representatives of the Armenian Diaspora from almost 100 countries, except for Azerbaijan. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. 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. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. 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. 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. |