Defense chief surprised at ORO N1’s “overt fight” against Armenia's RPAMarch 21, 2017 - 14:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Defense minister Vigen Sargsyan has said he is surprised by leader of the proportional list of Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanian (ORO) bloc Seyran Ohanyan’s “overt struggle” against Armenia’s ruling Republican Party (RPA). Sargsyan heads RPA’s proportional list in parliamentary elections to be held on April 2. Ohanian served as the country’s defense minister before PM Karen Karapetyan appointed Sargsyan in this post. Speaking to RFE/RL Armenian Service, Sargsyan said he follows election campaigns and is surprised by a lot of things. “I am surprised at Ohanyan’s own pledge to “fight RPA,” and his dialogue with such political forces with whom his previous relationships are very well known to me,” Sargsyan said. “Nevertheless, a person has the constitutional right to run and struggle, and it’s up to an individual to fight for one side or the other, depending on whether they are or are not in office at the moment.” 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. |