RA FM departing for Istanbul to participate in BSEC jubilee summitJune 22, 2007 - 16:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - June 24 Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian will depart for Istanbul to participate in the BSEC summit dedicated to the 15th birthday of the organization. Vartan Oskanian is scheduled to meet with the Armenian community of Istanbul in the Constantinople patriarchy.The BSEC was founded in Yalta June 25, 1992, when leaders of Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine signed the regulations of the Organization. The anniversary summit will take place June 25, 2007 in Istanbul. 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. |