EU apt to establish stronger institutional relations with partners in South CaucasusJanuary 14, 2008 - 16:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Unresolved conflicts hamper establishment of stability in South Caucasus, positive changes and institutional reformation, EU Envoy for South Caucasus Peter Semneby said in Yerevan Monday during an international conference titled Enlarged Black Sea Region: Prospects of International and Regional Security."Despite economic progress, there are problems that proceed from economically unfavorable conditions and are directly tied to security issues," he said "The hardships are conditioned by existence of closed borders between Russia and Georgia as well as Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey. The region will be eyed as unit only when reforms in human rights and freedom of speech are carried out in all states," he said. In this view Mr Semneby noted that the EU proceeded to establishment of stronger institutional relations with partners in the region and development of cooperation with Russia and Turkey. "These are our initial but long-term steps," he noted, Novosti Armenia reports. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |