Armenia bids farewell to Andranik MargaryanMarch 28, 2007 - 14:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Armenia bids farewell to Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan. Yesterday President Robert Kocharian, NA Speaker Tigran Torosian, Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan and other officials attended the civil funeral. The official farewell ceremony is taking place at the State Academic Opera & Ballet Theater of Armenia named after Al. Spendiaryan at the moment. At 3 p.m. Andranik Margaryan will be buried in the Pantheon named after Komitas.Delegations from a number of states as well as NATO Envoy for South Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, OSCE MG Co-chair Matthew J. Bryza arrived in Yerevan to participate in the funeral. Andranik Margaryan died on March 25 afternoon from a cardiac arrest caused by loss of circulation of the blood in coronary vessels. 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 | IDBank, Dalma team up for Caucasian Deer Reintroduction Program IDBank has joined Dalma Garden Mall’s Green Challenge to support the Caucasian red deer reintroduction project. Through Ucom’s support the 12th Sunchild Festival concludes On May 24-28, with the support of Ucom, the 12th international environmental festival Sunchild took place in Yerevan. U.S., Turkey emphasize importance of Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal Jake Sullivan and Akif Cagatay Kilic have discussed the normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia coach expects good football in Slovenia friendly The Armenian national team has left for Ljubljana a friendly match against Slovenia on June 4. |