 Heritage party leader travels to Baku for conference November 21, 2012 - 13:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Heritage party chairman and presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian travels to Baku to take part in and address the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) scheduled for Nov 22-23. In view of Raffi Hovannisian's participation in ICAPP's previous convention held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia — together with his initial declination to attend the Baku meeting because of the host government's release and glorification of a convicted Azerbaijani axe murderer of a young Armenian colleague — the leadership of ICAPP agreed to offer him a secure and equal opportunity to address the Assembly which this year will convene on the stated theme of "Security, Peace and Reconciliation in Asia."   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 Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP  Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan.Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”.41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience.Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |
