Armenia not surrendering land without Karabakh recognition: ruling partyJuly 28, 2016 - 21:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Vice chairwoman of Armenia's ruling Republican party Hermine Naghdalyan on Thursday, July 28 denied rumors of the party's intention to cede the buffer zone around Nagorno Karabakh to Azerbaijan. "The Republican party won't ever surrender those lands without a change in Karabakh's status, without recognition of Karabakh's independence," Naghdalyan said. Asked about the demands of the armed group that have been holding a police department for already 12 days, Naghdalyan said the ruling party's passiveness over the last two weeks was conditioned upon the wish "to not harm the fragile process of negotiations." The group are members of the Sasna Tsrer movement. One police officer was killed, and several more were wounded in a shootout that broke as the members of the group hit the gates of the police department with a track. All the captives have been set free. The group demand the release of Jirair Sefilian, the founder of the Founding Parliament who was arrested on June 20, as he and a group of people had allegedly planned to seize premises and communication facilities, including the Yerevan TV tower. They also demand the resignation of President Serzh Sargsyan and the creation of a transitional government. Also, they want the authorities to halt Karabakh negotiations fearing they are going to cede the land around the formerKarabakh Autonomous Oblastto Azerbaijan. Failing to characterize the group as terrorists, the official said that no one in Armenia should try to solve questions by the use of force. 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 | U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. |