ANC leader cites “universally forgotten” reason in favour of snap elections August 2, 2011 - 22:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Congress leader Levon Ter-Petrossian cited yet another “universally forgotten” reason in favour of extraordinary elections. As he noted during ANC rally in Yerevan, the society believes that the legitimacy of 2008 presidential elections was unrecognised by ANC only, whereas in the beginning of elections, Dashnaktsutyun and Orinats Yerkir parties considered the results of the elections falsified as well. According to the fist Armenian president, the subsequent inclusion of the parties noted into coalition does not alter their initial opinion, the latter being a historic fact. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Politico: Belarus delivered advanced weapons to Azerbaijan in 2018-2022 Belarus delivered advanced weapons to Armenia’s enemy even though both countries were supposedly allies in a defense pact. Armenian govt. approves ratification of EAEU-Iran free trade deal At a meeting on Friday, June 14, the Armenian government approved the ratification of an EAEU free trade agreement with Iran. Deputy U.S. Secretary of State to arrive in Yerevan Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma will travel to Yerevan, Armenia from June 17-19 to. Armenia will leave Russian-led military bloc, says Pashinyan Armenia will leave the Russian-led Collective Security Organization, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said, without giving any dates. |