  President Sargsyan “blacklisted” Ex-Minister Vardanyan – paper July 13, 2012 - 12:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan has “blacklisted” former Minister of Transport, Orinats Yerkir party representative Manuk Vardanyan, Zhoghovurd daily said citing well-informed sources. “While on his post as a Minister, Vardanyan failed North-South highway construction program, having misappropriated part of the funding, which caused problems in receiving further foreign financing.” “This is the reason President Sargsyan didn’t accept him into the government or allow him to have a deputy mandate.” “The daily failed to get comments from Vardanyan, while people in his inner circle informed that the ex-minister is at present outside of Armenia,” the paper said.   Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Latest news 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.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
