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ARMENIAN TROOPS DEPLOY FOR KOSOVO
- On July 6, U.S. Ambassador John Heffern joined Armenian Defense Ministry officials at Zvartnots Airport to send off 35 Armenian peacekeepers who will serve alongside American soldiers in Kosovo. Ambassador Heffern thanked the Armenian peacekeepers for their service and commitment to peace and security. The Armenian peacekeepers in Kosovo will be based at the U.S. Bondsteel Military Base, near the city of Urosevac, and serve for 6-month rotations. In Kosovo, the peacekeepers will be responsible for conducting patrols, checkpoint security, riot and crowd control, and convoy activity. The joint Armenian-U.S. peacekeeping brigade in Kosovo is part of the NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR). Since 2004 Armenia has deployed over 600 soldiers to KFOR. Embassy of the USA in ArmeniaPhoto by: Tigran Mehrabyan, PanArmenian Photo
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The hosts of the ...OSCE SECRETARY GENERAL TO VISIT AZERBAIJAN, GEORGIA AND ARMENIA
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At a joint press conference today in Baku with OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov stated that if Armenian forces withdrew from the "occupied" territories ...TIGRAN SARGSYAN WILL BE AWAY ON LEAVE FROM JULY 9 TO JULY 18
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The web-site of the government reports that ...APPEAL TO THE DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN ARMENIA TO REJECT ANY VISA APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY HAYRAPETYAN
Over thousand members of the civil society of Armenia have signed an appeal addressed to the Diplomatic Missions in Armenia to hinder any chance of Ruben Hayrapetyan, an MP and the owner of "Harsnaqar" ...HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMENIA TO FACE SCRUTINY BY UN TREATY BODY
Geneva - The human rights record of Armenia will face the scrutiny of the United Nations Human Rights Committee on 16 July and 17 July in meetings that will be webcast live on the Internet.
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