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Published on May 05, 2008
RA PRESIDENT RATIFIES NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL COMPOSITION
- On May 4, Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on appointment of Artur Baghdassaryan as Secretary of the National Security Council, the presidential press office reported. By another decree, the RA President ratified the composition of the National Security Council and instructed Secretary Baghdassaryan to produce the Council’s regulations within a month. The National Security Council includes: President of Armenia Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Prime Minister of Armenia Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Armenia Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Secretary of the National Security Council of Armenia Minister of Defense of Armenia Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Head of presidential administration Prosecutor General of Armenia Chief of National Security Service Head of external relations parliamentary committee
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NALBANDIAN-MAMMADYAROV FIRST-EVER MEETING DUE IN STRASBOURG MAY 6
On invitation of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Armenian FM Edward Nalbandian departed for France on a formal visit. Meeting with Mr Kouchner and Senate President Christian Poncelet are scheduled. ...RA PRESIDENT RATIFIES NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL COMPOSITION
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Although the meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers will be a familiarization, we do expect good results, said French Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group. “This meeting due on the threshold ...NESTLE FAILS TO RESIST AZERI PRESSURE
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- 1877 Russian forces, led by General Loris-Melikov, occupy Ardahan (Western Armenia).
- 1892 Khreemyan Hayreek is elected Catholicos of All Armenians.
- 1912 Death of Yeprem Khan, one of the leaders of the Persian emancipation movement and unsurpassed militant of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation party. He was born in 1868.
- 1912 "Pravda" (Bolshevik paper) starts publication.
- 1920 The government of Khatissyan falls. President Ohanjanyan organizes a new government with special powers.
- 1920 The Armenian Revolutionary Federation party seized power in a struggle against Bolshevik and Azeri Turkish forces. It replaced Khateessyan's government with Ohanjanyan's.
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