  Armenian President: Hayrikyan shooting aimed to hamper elections February 5, 2013 - 14:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - It’s good to know that presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan is recovering, Armenia’s current leader Serzh Sargsyan said. President Sargsyan described the assassination attempt on candidate Hayrikyan as a test, voicing hope for Armenians to overcome the challenge. “The shooting aimed to affect the upcoming presidential vote. Despite the heinous crime, aimed against Armenia’s statehood and development, each of us must fulfill our obligations even better. We must continue our uninterrupted work as the crime aimed to hamper the natural course of the elections. However, we will not allow it. As a guarantor of the Constitution, I assure that all processes will be in line with Armenian Constitution,” President Sargsyan said.   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. |
