U.S. official: America to keep fostering Armenian-Turkish rapprochementJanuary 27, 2012 - 17:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Eric Rubin. Development of Armenian-American relations was in focus of the meeting. Hailing Armenian government’s steps towards effective economy management, Mr. Rubin noted U.S. intention to continue fostering its further development. In this context, he stressed U.S. plan to contribute to the implementation of the second stage of Millennium Challenge Account, due to Armenia’s successful completion of the first one. Dwelling on regional issues, Mr. Rubin noted that U.S. will continue fostering Armenian-Turkish normalization process, opening of border as well as highway and railway construction, governmental press service reported. 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. |