Oskanian: Civilitas charges used to pressure Prosperous Armenia October 1, 2012 - 19:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former foreign minister, Prosperous Armenia member Vartan Oskanian has characterized the criminal case against him as a tool of pressure on the party he represents ahead of presidential elections. “Prosperous Armenia is a political force that may become an alternative to the current authorities, with the latter having proved their intolerant position. Whereas, such a stance is rather unsound in case of failure in domestic and foreign policy,” ex-minister Oskanian said. “Armenia has neither political, nor economic, nor geopolitical resources for dictatorship. I’m confident that none of the MP shows interest in it,” Prosperous Armenia member said, noting stripping him of congressional immunity as a countrywide issue. 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. |