Armenia's Yelk bloc members meet U.S. ambassador in YerevanJune 14, 2017 - 18:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The leaders of Armenia's Yelk bloc and members of parliament Edmon Marukyan, Aram Sargsyan, Nikol Pashinyan and the head of Yelk Bloc faction in Yerevan City Council, Davit Khazhakyan, hosted U.S. ambassador Richard M. Mills on Wednesday, June 14. Also participating in the meeting were Ruben Harutyunyan, political officer, and Lilit Ohanyan, political specialist at the Yerevan office of Bright Armenia Party. Yelk leaders unveiled the bloc's upcoming projects and discussed a number of domestic political issues during the meeting. Ambassador Mills congratulated them for winning the trust of the Armenian people and securing spots in both the National Assembly and the Yerevan City Council. "The responsibility of playing a constructive role in opposition is a big one and the challenges are daunting, but the democratic process and effective politics demand your engagement and energy on behalf of all Armenians and Yerevan residents," Mills said. "The United States government and Embassy stand ready to assist however we can.” The ambassador and members of Yelk bloc last met prior to the parliamentary elections to discuss various process that were happening in the country then. 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 | 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. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |