  Mayor of Yerevan swears inJune 11, 2009 - 14:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Gagik Beglaryan was inaugurated as Mayor of Yerevan today. The ceremony was held in presence of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, NA chairman Hovik Abrahamyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II. The event started with the hymn of Armenia. Then honorable residents of Yerevan - composer Martin Vadazaryan and actor Vladimir Msryan - decorated the Mayor with a chain. Gagik Beglaryan swore on the Law on Yerevan and was blessed by Primate of AAC Ararat Patriarchate, Archbishop Navasard Kchoyan. "I know that Yerevan residents have beg expectations for the city administration. We are facing numerous problems, which will be addressed," the Mayor 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 |  Related sections Latest 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. |
