Samvel Semirjyan: we mustn’t be afraid to discuss Armenian army problemsNovember 26, 2010 - 16:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Over the current year, 44 incidents resulting in the deaths if servicemen occurred in Armenian army, a member of Sardarapat movement, film director Tigran Khzmalyan stated. As he said at National Security and Defense Committee meeting, “only 7 out of 44 tragedies can be blamed on the rival, while the rest of those were caused by internal problems. Every week sees a new incident. A simple change of power is not enough to repair the situation, amendments on a structural level being crucial.” Representative of the oppositional Armenian National Congress Samvel Semirjyan, in turn, stated, “We mustn’t be afraid to discuss Armenian army-related problems. We never raised the issue in public, which why the situation in the army has gone worse.” 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. |