Israeli FM wants earliest possible date for elections October 5, 2012 - 16:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday, October 5 and urged him to hold elections as early as possible, The Jerusalem Post reported. If the Knesset is dissolved on October 15, the earliest possible time to hold an election would be January 15, 2013. Netanyahu has already made a final decision to seek a February 12 election rather than try to pass the 2013 state budget, politicians who spoke to the Prime Minister said on Thursday. The foreign minister said Friday that in order to avoid harming the government's economic and security achievements, elections must be held at the earliest possible date. Partner news  Top stories U.S. officials say they want to advance efforts to start talks between the Syrian government and opposition leaders. The international conference, backed by Russia and the U.S., aims to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria. Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post. Alkhatib said Assad should respond within 20 days and that he should then be given a month to dissolve parliament.   Partner news |  Latest news Expert says Russian FM’s remarks in context of Madrid Principles  No decisive developments will follow the meeting between Russian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, David Jamalyan said.Yerevan to host NOFI Festival of Non-commercial Films The jury includes renowned experts of noncommercial cinema and representatives of Union of Cinematographers of Armenia.Artsakh defense army conducts command staff drills Four-stage command-staff exercises were conducted in Artsakh, led by defense army commander Movses Hakobyan.Armenian lawyers to stage protest against court of cassation Judicial strike is aimed against the principle of the court of cassation to have the case undergo legal procedure and further reject. |
