  Armenian observers to monitor presidential race in Saint Petersburg March 3, 2012 - 16:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - CIS observer mission including parliament representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Moldova, will be present on the voting day of Leningrad Oblast. Observers from OSCE and CIS Interparliamentary Assembly will monitor Russian presidential elections in Leningrad Oblast, Rosbalt news agency reports. As Belarusian National Assembly member Elena Dikovitskaya said during a meeting with Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Sergei Naryshkin, the observer mission visited the three headquarters of Russian presidential candidates, noting working atmosphere there. “People work hard. No aggression attempts were fixed,” Dikovitskaya said.   Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment.CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |
