Yelk bloc doesn’t rule out “velvet” regime change scenario in ArmeniaJuly 10, 2017 - 15:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yelk bloc doesn’t rule out a possible scenario of a “velvet regime change” in Armenia, spokesman Tigran Avinyan said on Monday, July 10. “We have previously declared that we don’t rule out a possible “velvet” regime change scenario,” Avinyan who’s also a Yerevan City Council member, said, according to Aravot. “Based on what proposals Raffi Hovanissian will make, we’ll certainly discuss them.” Hovanissian is the founding leader of the opposition Heritage party of Armenia, who announced earlier that the party is bracing for extraordinary “velvet regime change" due to a lack of nationwide elections in the coming five years. Avinyan also said the bloc has always been ready for discussions with Heritage, and that nothing has changed now. “We’ll only rule out any armed struggle,” Avinyan added. Related links: 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. |