  Former Armenian PM to run for president December 20, 2012 - 15:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Congress (ANC) preliminary group member, former Armenian prime minister and Freedom party chairman Hrant Bagratyan plans to run for president. “Freedom party congress has been scheduled for December 24, 12:00 am, with my nomination as presidential candidate included in agenda. However, I will withdraw my candidacy if ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrossian resolves to enter the race,” he said, adding that he won’t be nominated by ANC.   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. |
