Tsarukyan to be neutral on presidential race - paperDecember 11, 2012 - 12:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prosperous Armenia party leader Gagik Tsarukyan was rumored to hold a political council meeting on Dec 10, Hraparak paper says. Tsarukyan is said to have announced a decision neither to join the presidential race, nor to back Serzh Sargsyan. In conversation with the paper’s reporter, Prosperous Armenia spokesman Tigran Urikhanyan said the meeting day had not been specified. “Ex-president Robert Kocharian is expected to meet with Moscow-based political circles Dec 2, with the discussions to affect Tsarukyan’s decision on presidency. Meanwhile, Prosperous Armenia members were still unaware of Tsarukyan’s plans following the latter’s visit to Brussels and meeting with President Sargsyan. The party itself has split into two camps, one encouraging their leader to run for the president, the other standing against it,” the paper says. 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 | Court in Azerbaijan extends former Karabakh leader’s arrest by 5 months The Binagadi District Court in Azerbaijan has granted the prosecutor’s petition to extend the arrest of Arkady Ghukasyan. Ucom General Director joins High-Tech Development Panel Discussion The discussion was titled "The Role of International Corporations and Investors as Catalysts for Development of High-Tech Ecosystem." U.S. still believes “peace is possible” between Armenia, Azerbaijan The United States continues to believe that peace is possible between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vedant Patel says. Dozens detained as antigovernment protest continue in Armenia At least 63 people demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation were detained on May 14 as they blocked streets in Yerevan. |