Armenian President to address PACE summer sessionJune 1, 2011 - 20:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has published the agenda of the summer session to be held on June 20-24. The first day of the session will kick off with the PACE President’s statement. Following this, Vice-Presidents with respect to Finland and Ireland will be elected and the agenda of the summer session will be adopted, PACE said on its official website. Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary Assembly will be presented by Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers. Besides, budgets and priorities of the Council of Europe for the financial years 2012-2013 will be discussed in the second half of the day. A judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of France will be elected. Cooperation between the Council of Europe and emerging democracies in the Arab world and the situation in Tunisia will be discussed on June 22. In addition, the parliamentarians will exchange views on living together in 21st century Europe. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is expected to address the session. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |