Paper: Prosperous Armenia not invited to Russian-Armenian forum![]() October 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. Partner news At the meeting, the parties focused on the prospects of bilateral relations, and cooperation in the framework of international organizations. Dwelling on the hike in gas prices, Iskandaryan said the change also affected other countries importing Russian gas. Armen Martirosyan noted that the price rise will further deteriorate the situation in the country, fostering emigration. In this connection, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian left for Strasbourg to attend CoE foreign ministers meeting. Partner news |