  Armenia’s ruling party urges opposition to get prepared for regular elections June 2, 2011 - 15:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia Artak Zakaryan urges the opposition to give up the talk about early elections and get prepared for the upcoming parliamentary election. “Currently there are no reasons, which could force the authorities to hold pre-term elections,” Zakaryan told a press conference in Yerevan. According to him, parallels should not be drawn between the situation in Armenia and events in the Arab states, since protests there are conditioned by energy, social, economic and food problems. Meanwhile, one of the key demands of the Armenian National Congress is organization of pre-term parliamentary and presidential elections in the country.   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 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. |
