Robert Kocharian to met EU leadership in BelgiumOctober 8, 2007 - 18:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Robert Kocharian will depart for Belgium on a 3-day formal visit October 9, the RA leader's press office reported.The Armenian delegation will include Vartan Oskanian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Armen Gevorgyan, the head of the presidential administration, Vardan Khachatryan, the Minister of Finance and Economy, Vigen Chitechyan, the Minister of Trade and Economic Development, Avet Adonts, the chairman of parliamentary committee on European integration issues and other officials. The Armenian leader will meet with Armand De Decker, the Belgian Senate President, Herman Van Rompuy, the President of the Chamber of Representatives. Besides, he is expected to meet with Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President, Franco Frattini, EU Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security, Javier Solana, the EU Secretary General, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the EU Commissioner for External Relations, Peter Mandelson, the EU Trade Commissioner and Hans-Gert Pöttering, the European Parliament President. Mr Kocharian will also hold a meeting with the Armenian community of Belgium. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |