DEFENSE MINISTER OF CYPRUS ARRIVED IN YEREVAN ON AN OFFICIAL CALLSeptember 20, 2001 - 00:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Defense Minister of Cyprus Socrates Hasikos arrived in Yerevan on an official call. This is the first official visit of the head of the Cypriot Defense Ministry to Armenia. Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsian did not exclude the opportunity of signing an accord in course of the current visit, although he did not concretize which certainly. Cypriot Defense Minister visit program includes meetings with Chairman of the Parliament, the Prime Minister, Defense Minister of Armenia, going to Holly Echmiadzin, Matenadaran ancient manuscript storehouse. Minister will also lay flowers to the Armenian genocide victims' memorial. 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. |