NSC Secretary: visa regime facilitation with EU important for ArmeniaSeptember 28, 2011 - 12:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 7th meeting of the EU Advisory Group to the Republic of Armenia took place in Yerevan under the chairmanship of Secretary of the RA National Security Council Artur Baghdasaryan and head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia, ambassador Raul de Luzenberger. “We have witnessed positive developments over the recent months of Armenia-EU cooperation,” Baghdasaryan said, adding that the EU praised adoption of Armenia’s concept on emigration policy, tax and customs reforms, hotel management strategy and modernization of checkpoints at the Armenian-Georgian border. Baghdasaryan also hailed the European Commission’s decision to start visa facilitation talks with Armenia, which he said is extremely important for Armenia. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |