Armen Rustamyan to top ARFD list for City Council election![]() March 18, 2013 - 14:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - ARF Dashnaktsutyun will nominate own candidates at Yerevan City Council election, with ARFD supreme body representative Armen Rustamyan to top the list. As ARFD supreme body representative Arsen Hambartsumyan told PanARMENIAN.Net the finalized list will be submitted to the Central Election Commission on March 21. The government of Armenia scheduled the Yerevan City Council election for May 5. The resolution was taken at a Thursday, February 14 meeting based on completion of the Council’s term of office. The law on municipal government stipulates for a 65-member Council elected for a 4-year term. ![]() ![]() Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |