PACE Assesses Armenia's Efforts for Integration into European StructuresOctober 31, 2005 - 17:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Armenian National Assembly Chairman Artur Baghdassaryan met with PACE Vice President Bernard Schreiner, who arrived in Armenia to take part in the events dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the Armenian parliament, RA NA press center reported. A. Baghdassaryan informed Mr. Schreiner of the reforms carried out in Armenia in accord with the commitments undertaken at the entry to the CoE. He also mentioned of the referendum on the constitutional amendments scheduled for November 27. Support of the European structures and PACE specifically to the democratization process is significant, Artur Baghdassaryan stated. In his turn Bernard Schreiner on behalf of PACE President René van der Linden thanked the Armenian parliament for the moves towards the integration into the European structures and wished success in adopting the constitutional amendments, which will become an advance for Armenia. During the meeting the interlocutors also touched upon issues referring to regional development. 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. |