Samvel Nikoyan will pay visit to NKR if elected as parliament speakerDecember 5, 2011 - 16:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Samvel Nikoyan, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia’s (RPA) nominee for parliament speaker, promised to pay a visit to Nagorno Karabakh Republic if elected to the post. When asked to share his plans on activation of parliamentary diplomacy, Nikoyan noted, “as you know, the President is in charge of forming the country’s foreign policy. So the parliamentary diplomacy must not clash with the foreign policy.” Also, Nikoyan gave high assessment to the activities of ex-speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, resulting in intensification of Armenia’s parliamentary diplomacy in the framework of CSTO, CIS, NATO, CoE and other international platforms. 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. |