  Diplomats abroad vote for incumbent president Sargsyan February 18, 2013 - 22:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of the Central Election Commission of Armenia (CEC) Tigran Mukuchyan briefed on the electronic voting results. As a result of calculation of the votes cast by Armenian citizens currently implementing diplomatic mission abroad, the incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan garnered 218 votes, Raffi Hovannisian received 2 votes, Arman Melikyan – 4. No votes went to candidates Hrant Bagratyan, Paruyr Hayrikyan, Andrias Ghukasyan and Vardan Sedrakyan.   Top stories 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 |  Topic Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
