CSTO to prevent illegal circulation of light infantry and portable zenith missile complexesNovember 19, 2009 - 19:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On November 20, Moscow will host consultations on coordinating CSTO member-states' positions on issues concerning light infantry and portable zenith missile complexes."Consultations aim at enabling participants to exchange experience in the sphere of light infantry and portable zenith missile complexes," said CSTO Deputy General Secretary General Ara Badalyan, stressing the importance of preventing the illegal circulation of above-mentioned weapons.Event is organized in accordance with CSTO member states' 2009-10 consultation plans on foreign policy, security and defense. Discussions will bring together experts from CSTO member states' Foreign Ministries and other interested state agencies, CSTO 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |