  Presidential hopeful Aram Harutyunyan to withdraw candidacy January 22, 2013 - 14:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - National Conciliation Party leader has deemed further struggle for the president’s post unfounded. “The upcoming elections can’t be legitimate, while those ready to continue the struggle legitimize the authorities,” Aram Harutyunyan told a press conference today, Jan 22. He further briefed on his two programs, with the first one demanding that all of the presidential hopefuls should discontinue the struggle, leaving Serzh Sargsyan as the sole candidate. “The second program urges incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan to withdraw candidacy and go into retirement,” he said, announcing a decision to leave the race on Feb 8 and go on hunger strike.   Top stories 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. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation  Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenMoscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. |
