CoE-Armenia cooperation can ease political tensionsApril 2, 2008 - 17:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosian met April 1 with the AGO group led by Ambassador Per Sjogren, the RA NA press office reported.Armenia's permanent representative to PACE Christian Ter-Stepanyan and Special Representative of the Council of Europe Secretary General to Armenia Bojana Urumova also attended the meeting. The Armenian Speaker appreciated highly the activity of Mr John Prescott, head of the PACE observation mission. Introducing the members of AGO group, Mr Sjogren said it's the biggest-ever group visiting Armenia, what speaks of the CoE's concern about the situation in the republic. "The CoE-Armenia collaboration can contribute to improvement of the situation, establishment of political dialogue and consent," he said. 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 | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |