Armenia’s Yelk bloc to meet with presidential hopeful from RPAJanuary 22, 2018 - 13:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The members of Yelk, an opposition Armenian parliamentary bloc, will meet with the presidential candidate from ruling Republican Party (RPA) Armen Sarkissian, Yelk lawmaker Ararat Mirzoyan told reporters on Monday, January 22, according to Armtimes.com. An astrophysicist and former prime minister of Armenia, Sarkissian has been involved in computer software industry and is credited for the authorship of game software. He is one of the original authors of Tetris-Wordtris , the extremely popular tile-matching video game. Following a meeting with current president Serzh Sargsyan, Sarkissian promised to think about the offer. According to Mirzoyan, the meeting won’t change the bloc’s stance. The votes of RPA and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation -Dashnaktsutyun won’t be enough to secure Sargsyan in the president’s post. Asked which parliamentary bloc will help the RPA in that case, Mirzoyan said: “The Tsarukyan bloc.” 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 | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |