Torosyan: Murder of Foreigners in Russia Reached Horrible LevelMay 31, 2006 - 17:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Murder of foreigners in Russia reached horrible level, Vice-Speaker of the Armenian NA Tigran Torosyan stated in Yerevan today, when commenting on murder of a 19-year-old Armenian in Moscow. "I would not like to say Russia pursues a purposeful policy against Armenians," Torosyan stressed at that. In his words the information the Armenian party has on the matter is not sufficient for making comments. "We need additional data that must be fully grounded, as the issue is rather delicate," Torosyan underscored. The Vice-Speaker also said that Russian official authorities should not decline deep coverage and discussion of facts of murder of other nationals, Novosti-Armenia reports. May 25 unknown persons killed Artur Sardaryan, a native of Armenia, who was returning from Moscow to Pushkino town by electric train. A bit more than a month ago, on April 22, in the presence of many witnesses skinheads slaughtered Vigen Abrahamtsyan, a 17-year-old Moscow Management Academy student, at Pushkinskaya Moscow metro station. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian Foreign Minister regrets “tragic loss” of Iranian counterpart The Armenian Foreign Ministry has expressed shock over the death of the Iranian President and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. |