Did Ambassador of Israel arrive in Armenia on an ordinary working visit?August 12, 2009 - 23:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Israeli Ambassador Shemi Tzur (headquartered in Tel Aviv) has arrived in Armenia on an ordinary working visit, these visits are frequent, do not make a sensation out of this," Tigran Balayan, acting foreign ministry spokesperson told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. According to him, the Ambassador of Israel was in Armenia on Monday, but there is no information whether he is in the country now. Some media linked the arrival of Shemi Tsura with the collapse of the Iranian TU-154 flying from Tehran to Yerevan. According to the Italian press, the plane allegedly had weapons on the board for the Lebanese Hezbollah movement. The Italian media wrote that Armenia is allegedly a transit point for arms for Hezbollah. In particular, the Italian "Corriere della sera" newspaper reported that except passengers' luggage the cargo compartment of the TU-154 plane flying from Tehran to Yerevan and crashed on July 15, contained weapons for Hezbollah: advanced detonators, which has to be delivered to Lebanon through the territory of Armenia, Turkey and Syria. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. 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. Partner news | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. ARARAT special evening dedicated to Aznavour's 100th Anniv. On May 20 ARARAT legendary Armenian brandy, celebrated the centennial of Maestro Charles Aznavour with a special event. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. |