  U.S. Ambassador to Armenia did not persuade Hovannisian to stop hunger strike March 28, 2011 - 22:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On March 28, the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch visited the leader of the oppositional Heritage party Raffi Hovannisian who’s been on hunger strike starting March 15. As the leader of Heritage parliamentary group Stepan Safaryan told PanARMENIAN.Net “this has been a courtesy visit to the oppositional party leader.” As he noted, Ms. Yovanovitch inquired about Hovannisian’s health. The Ambassador did no try to persuade him to stop the strike, as that was Hovannisian’s “political decision.”   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 |  Latest news U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border  The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.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.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |
