  Hovik Abrahamyan to become parliament speaker  May 30, 2012 - 21:48 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) resolved to nominate Hovik Abrahamyan for the post of National assembly speaker, MP from RPA said. According to Eduard Sharmazanov, during RPA executive body and council meeting, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan voiced gratitude to Samvel Nikoyan for the activity carried out as parliament speaker. The MP further stressed the party’s intention to nominate him and Hermine Naghdalyan for the vice speakers’ post. Mr. Sharmazanov said that all of the candidacies were proposed by RPA leader, President Serzh Sargsyan personally. “Besides the present six standing committees, two more will go over to RPA- one on Foreign Relations; another on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs to be headed by Artak Zakaryan and Koryun Nahapetyan respectively.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
