Cooperative Longbow/Lancer exercise planning conference kicks off in YerevanMay 14, 2008 - 13:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Cooperative Longbow/Lancer NATO exercise planning conference kicked off in Yerevan on May 14, with opening remarks by deputy chief of the RA armed forces general staff, major general Arshaluys Paytyan and chief of staff of the NATO Heidelberg united forces, brigadier general Claudio Vercelotti. The conference brought together 110 servicemen of 30 nationalities. 37 of them represent the Alliance's command and 63 represent 21 countries willing to join the exercise. The conference will focus on the exercise planning, coordination of legal issues and the schedule of events. 350 officers, master sergeants and sergeants will participate in Cooperative Lancer 2008. 800 servicemen will be engaged in Cooperative Longbow 2008. The exercise will be conducted in three stages, during which joint activities of the peacekeeping forces will be perfected. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |