PACE co-rapporteur hails progress in Armenia’s reform implementationJanuary 16, 2012 - 20:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On January 16, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with PACE monitoring co-rapporteur on Armenia John Prescott, noting Armenia’s readiness to fulfill commitments in the framwrok of cooperation with Council of Europe. The co-rapporteur, in turn, gave possitve assessment to implementation of democraic reforms in the country. Discussion of upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia and a number of regional issues was also on meeting agenda. 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. |