CEC to discuss candidate Harutyunyan’s applicationFebruary 8, 2013 - 19:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian presidential hopeful Aram Harutyunyan filed an application to the Central Election Commission (CEC), announcing a decision to withdraw candidacy. In conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, CEC spokesman Hermine Harutyunyan said the CEC will discuss the candidate’s application at Feb 8 special meeting Mr Harutyunyan went on 1-day hunger strike on Feb 7, urging the rest of the candidates to withdraw candidacy, leaving the incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan alone in the race. 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 | 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. |