ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HELD MEETINGS WITH COUNTERPARTS IN NEW YORKSeptember 24, 2003 - 18:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanian participates in the 58-th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Yesterday he held private meetings with Argentinean foreign minister Rafael Bielsa, heads of the foreign ministries of Romania Mircea Geoana and Lebanon Jean Obeid. Meetings with British parliamentary under-secretary of state Bill Rammel and deputy foreign minister of Cuba Abelardo Moreno also took place. It should be noted that according to a supposition made by V. Oskanian earlier, meetings with Turkish foreign minister Abdullah Gul and US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group for Nagorno Karabakh settlement Rudolf Perina will also be held in New York. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. Partner news | Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. 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. |