  Two more candidates leave Armenia’s presidential race  January 10, 2013 - 12:46 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Two more presidential hopefuls announced a decision to withdraw candidacy in Armenia. Coordinator of “Essence of Time” socialist movement Robert Aharonyan and non-partisan Taron Abrahamyan gave up further struggle due to non-payment of the nomination deposit. “I deem it senseless to spend so much money on elections,” Aharonyan told a press conference today, Jan 10. Prosperous Armenia party member Ruben Ayvazyan left the presidential race yesterday, Jan 9.   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. |
