Speaker of Armenian parliament to participate in 3rd World Conference of Speakers of ParliamentJuly 16, 2010 - 18:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chairman of the RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan will participate in the 3rd World Conference of Speakers of Parliament due July 19-21 in Geneva. The Speaker of the Armenian parliament will deliver a speech to the conference on July 21. Besides, Hovik Abrahamyan will conduct bilateral meetings with his counterparts from various countries on the sidelines of the conference, the RA NA press service reported. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |