Armenia to develop its military mightOctober 9, 2009 - 21:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, National Security Council Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan, General Staff Chief Yuri Khachaturov and high ranking officers of the Defense Ministry held Friday a meeting on military reform. "Military reform is the imperative and guarantee of the country's development," Minister Ohanyan said in his opening remarks. "It will ensure quality reorganization of the army." Touching on the possible opening of the Armenian-Turkish border, he said that the Defense Ministry will take action to prevent all negative factors. For his part, NSC Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan dwelled on Armenia's cooperation with NATO and CSTO. 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |