RA FM on parliamentarian elections: This time we do not have right to make a mistakeApril 20, 2007 - 20:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The parliamentarian elections are a great challenge for Armenia. This time we do not have the right to make a mistake. The latest elections were accompanied by a number of defects," Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian stated at the interview to Austrian newspaper Der Standart. He thinks, Armenia became more mature, more democratic. "A lot of things are at stake: elections will be held to the parliament, which gets additional power after the amendments to the Organic Law. Now the legislative body will independently appoint the future Prime Minister. For the first time ever we will get a real political system of mutual control," Oskanian stressed. Top stories 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. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |