Paper: Prosperous Armenia not invited to Russian-Armenian forumOctober 23, 2012 - 12:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On November 11-14, Armenia will host an inter-party forum on Eurasian Union, with the CIS countries to participate. The initiative to hold the forum was first put forth by Armenian Education Minister Armen Ashotyan. According to Hraparak daily, Prosperous Armenia party has also been included in the list of the participants. However, the latter was not invited to the recent Russian-Armenian interregional forum, which makes the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) meeting more imposing, given Russian envoy Vyatcheslav Kovalenko’s “busy schedule” and the decision to skip the meeting organized by Prosperous Armenia head Gagik Tsarukyan. 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 | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Azerbaijan razes historic Armenian church to ground Azerbaijan has demolished the historic Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist (known as Kanach Zham). |