Yerevan hosts meeting of National Platform on Eastern PartnershipJune 7, 2010 - 17:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A meeting of the Armenian National Platform on Eastern Partnership Civil Society took place in Yerevan on June 7. The Platform unites 21 local NGOs. “We attach importance to the work of this Platform, which will secure progress of other platforms of the Eastern Partnership,” said Naira Zohrabyan, chairperson of the parliamentary commission on European integration affairs. For his part, Head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger stressed the role of public organizations and civil society in development of Armenia-EU relations. He informed that talks on conclusion of the association agreement between Armenia and EU will open in mid-July. 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 | 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. |