President Serzh Sargsyan ends his state visit to HungaryNovember 10, 2009 - 20:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During his visit to Budapest, Hungary, President Serzh Sargsyan met with Hungarian parliament speaker, Prime Minister and cardinal.Meeting with parliament speaker Béla Katona focused on a range of issue concerning interparliamentary relations. Parties attached importance to development of interparliamentary ties and close cooperation within international and interparliamentary structures. During the meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, parties considered possibilities of boosting trade economic cooperation. Upon Hungarian official's request, Mr. Sargsyan briefed on Armenia's position on Armenian-Turkish rapprochement and Karabakh settlement process. Premier Bajnai expressed his country's support to the current normalization process and welcomed recently signed Armenian-Turkish Protocols. During the meeting with Cardinal Peter Erdõ, Serzh Sargsyan touched upon common historical-cultural features and ties between Armenian and Hungarian peoples. Upon ending his visit to Hungary, Armenian President carried out a short working visit to Kaliningrad region, Russia, by the invitation of Kaliningrad governor, RA President's press service reports. 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 | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |