ARMENIAN TWO PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS ON VERGE OF SPLITMarch 28, 2002 - 22:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to «Arminfo» agency, two deputy groups of the Armenian National Assembly of Armenia: the Agro-industrial people's union and «People's deputy» are no the verge of split. According to the sources, close to the Agro-industrial People's Unity, the conflict between the leader of the group Amayak Hovannesian and its representatives is getting tense. According to the source, they came even to blows. Some members of the deputy group are ready to leave unless Amayak Hovannesian resigns from the leadership. At the same time, the source reports the high leadership of the country has given to understand it is interested in the deputy group's remaining united. According to the source, the final lot of the deputy group will be clear in several days when Amayak Hovannesian returns to republic. The similar situation, according to the source is with the «People's deputy» deputy group, headed by Karen Karapetian. It should be reminded that recently the group head has stated about the intention to establish a party on the basis of the deputy group that has brought to the conflict between Karapetian's supporters and the followers of the not formal leader of the group, the chair of the parliamentary committee for foreign relations Hovannes Hovannesian. Karapetian and Hovannesian can not solve the issue on who will head the established party. The source noted that if the compromises were not made, the deputy group would split. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. Azerbaijan proposes Armenia to jointly seek cancelation of Minak Group The Azerbaijani President maintained that the move will show “how sincere Armenia is.” Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway. |