Raffi Hovannisian: EPP President indulges in illusionsMarch 15, 2013 - 21:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian has urged the president of European People's Party (EPP) Wilfried Martens and U.S. President Barack Obama against preaching democracy to Armenian people. “Martens distorted the European values by issuing a congratulatory address on Armenian presidential elections. I don’t indulge in illusions. Martens does,” Raffi Hovannisian said, adding that Heritage will review its EPP membership in the future. Heritage leader voiced confidence for the party to leave EPP, if the latter shares Martens’s position on Armenian presidential vote. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |