EU and NATO Supplement Each Other to Certain DegreeOctober 10, 2006 - 18:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The EU and NATO supplement each other to a certain degree, Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian stated in an interview with the Hayastani Hanrapetutyun (Republic of Armenia). In his words, the EU refers more to economy, institutional reforms, while the NATO relates more to security and includes and number of other directions as well: democracy, civil control of the army, as well as serious security dialogue. "These are really serious programs, issuing from the interests of our country and the entire region. Thus, we should deal with it with seriousness. Our having accepted it as a program, and a commitment to a certain degree, means that we should fulfill it to register progress in all those directions," Vartan Oskanian stated. 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 | 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. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |