100 People Evacuated from Lebanon to Armenia within Past 2 DaysJuly 18, 2006 - 17:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Within the past two days some 100 people are evacuated from Lebanon to Armenia, 40 out of these being Armenian citizens, acting Spokesman of the Armenian MFA Vladimir Karapetyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, evacuation route is Lebanon-Syria-Armenia, via Aleppo airport. Vladimir Karapetyan remarked that Lebanese citizens of not Armenian origin, who want to get temporary residence permit in Armenia, can do it on the basis of common grounds. 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 | Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Moscow warns Armenia against leaving Russian-led defense bloc Armenia could ruin its military ties with Russia if it continues drifting towards the West, according to a senior official in Moscow. Moscow says ready to support Yerevan-Baku reconciliation Moscow has confirmed its readiness to support the reconciliation of Yerevan and Baku. |