YEREVAN WELCOMES PUTIN STATEMENT CIS NEEDS HIGH-QUALITY STRENGTHENINGJuly 20, 2004 - 22:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement that the CIS needs high-quality strengthening, head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Vardan Oskanian stated in an interview with the Public TV Company of Armenia. He recognizes that "at present the need to reform and make the CIS a more efficient structure has ripened." In the Minister's opinion, "the Russian President has chosen the moment for the statement in question just in time." It should be reminded that Russian President Vladimir Putin stated at the July 19 sitting of the Security Council of Russia that the CIS has reached a point in its development, that should be followed by high-quality strengthening of the Commonwealth, otherwise collapse of the organization is inevitable. 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. |