ARMENIA IS INTERESTED IN BILATERAL RELATIONS
On June 11 the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, had a meeting with the Foreign Minister of Estonia, Urmas Paet, currently in Armenia on an official visit. Greeting the Estonian Foreign Minister and his delegation, Edward Nalbandian expressed appreciation for the dynamically developing bilateral relations and underlined that Armenia was interested in deepening and reinforcing the mutually beneficial cooperation with Estonia. Urmas Paet also hailed the friendly relations established between the two countries and noted that Estonia intended to take steps towards development of multifaceted cooperation with Armenia. The parties attached importance to the effective cooperation between the Foreign Ministries of the two countries and agreed to hold the next political consultation in Yerevan this autumn. Touching upon the steps taken to promote the economic relations, Ministers Nalbandian and Paet noted that the Armenian-Estonian economic forum that kicked off in Yerevan today would create new opportunities for the cooperation between Armenian and Estonian businessmen. The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Estonia discussed the process of cooperation between Armenia and the European Union and the steps to be taken in that field. Reference was made to issues related to the EU's Eastern Partnership Program. At the request of the Estonian Minister, Edward Nalbandian presented the latest developments in the Karabakh conflict settlement and the process of normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations. Reference was made to a number of regional and international issues.
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The U.S. Government's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors, chaired by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, today held its quarterly meeting to discuss the progress of ..."WE WITNESSED DISGRACE"
Amalia Kostanian, Chairwoman of Transparency's Armenian affiliate, the Center for Regional Development (CRD), thinks that the Yerevan municipal elections were conducted with unprecedented election frauds. ..."WE DON'T BELIEVE BEGLARYAN"
Residents of the "zone of alienation" today staged a protest action near the government building. They had a letter for the Prime Minister ...GAGIK BEGLARYAN SWORE IN
Armenian top brass today embraced and congratulated Republican Gagik Beglaryan on the appointment of Yerevan's Mayor. Before the swearing- in ceremony, Gagik Beglaryan hosted guests and showed them around. ...DETAILS WILL BE KNOW ON JUNE 12
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) met today to discuss its further steps, HAK's Coordinator Levon Zurabyan informed A1+. The details will be reported during tomorrow's rally organized by the HAK near ..."GROUNDLESS CRIMINAL PROSECUTION"
A Kotayk Court today continued the trial on the case of NA MP Sasun Mikaelian.Advocate Hovik Arsenyan made a 20-page speech for the defence. Defendant Sasun Mikaelian didn't show up at today's court sitting. ...WILL SERZH SARGSYAN PUNISH VAZGEN MANUKYAN?
"Supreme Council- parliamentary club has complained of Vazgen Manukyan to Serzh Sargsyan. On June 3 the "Supreme Council- parliamentary club chaired by Ruben Torosyan requested President of the Public ..."THE COURT BEHAVES CYNICALLY"
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) today released a statement which says in part: After the Central Election Commission rejected HAK's decision to invalidate the results of the Yerevan municipal election, ...ARMENIA IS INTERESTED IN BILATERAL RELATIONS
On June 11 the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, had a meeting with the Foreign Minister of Estonia, Urmas Paet, currently in Armenia on an official visit. Greeting the Estonian Foreign ...RATIFIED
On June 10 Serzh Sargsyan ratified a number of draft laws adopted by the National Assembly on bringing amendments to the Land Code and on the Law on Courier Service, reports President's press service. ...THEY REMEMBERED KHACHATUR ABOVYAN
Serzh Sargsyan today received the Foreign Minister of Estonia, Urmas Paet. "Armenia attaches importance to the further deepening of relations with Estonia both in bilateral format and within the framework ...PROBLEMS ON THE BRIDGE
Road building is carried out in Shirak Marz with the financial assistance of the World Bank. A Russian company is in charge of construction works. Some 270 million drams have been allotted for the restoration ...
JHANGIRAN TO LEAVE FOR EUROPE
FINAL CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL
SPEECH FOR THE PROSECUTION READ OUT
DON'T WANT TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL
GAGIK BEGLARYAN SWORE IN
SHIRAZ KIRAKOSYAN APPOINTED PSRC MEMBER
MAYOR TO RESIGN OFFICE
"GROUNDLESS CRIMINAL PROSECUTION"
CITIZENS WILL NOT VOTE ANEW
MP APPEALED TO PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
- 1920 The Russian Communist Party's Armenian wing is recreated as the Communist (Bolshevik) Party of Armenia with its Central Committee and Foreign Bureau.
- 1935 The Institute of History and Literature was created within the People's Commissariat of Education.
- 1942 Death of Professor Ashkharhabek Qalantarian (Lorees Qalantar), armenologist, archeologist, and historian.
- 1997 Start of the Genocide Scholar's Conference at Concordia University (Montreal). It adopted a resolution that the large-scale murder that took place in Turkey in 1915 was a Genocide, which conforms to the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.
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