Paper: Tsarukyan rules out Oskanian’s nomination for president![]() October 18, 2012 - 11:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to 168 Zham daily, Prosperous Armenia leader Gagik Tsarukyan has ruled out nomination of former foreign minister Vartan Oskanian for the forthcoming presidential elections. Thus, in response to Oskanian’s statement expressing readiness to become Prosperous Armenia’s presidential candidate in case of the party head’s refusal to get involved in the race, Tsarukyan noted himself as the only Prosperous Armenia representative to run for president, the paper says. ![]() ![]() 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |