Coalition-ANC meeting postponedAugust 19, 2011 - 11:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The regular meeting between the working groups of the ruling coalition and the Armenian National Congress (ANC) was postponed. According to the ANC press office, heads of the working groups – Davit Harutyunyan (coalition) and Levon Zurabyan (ANC) – agreed to convene the meeting at 12.00 noon next Tuesday, August 23. The talks between the authorities and opposition launched on July 18, with the agenda consisting of two issues: conduction of extraordinary elections and development of canons of political competition. 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. |