Vahan Shirkhanyan: Dashnaktsutyun is not opposition while ANC has no ideologyNovember 16, 2009 - 17:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Had opposition turned to people on September 1-2 and kept them in streets for a couple of days, Armenian-Turkish Protocols wouldn't have been signed, member of Social-Democratic Hnchakyan Party Vahan Shirkhanyan said. With regard to ARFD's protest against signing of Armenian-Turkish Protocols, politician said it might have attracted more people had it been initiated by Armenian National Congress. "Dashnaktsutyun is not opposition unlike ANC," he stressed, criticizing the latter for not having an ideology,"If people feel threats, that will create a new opposition," Shirkhanyan noted, not ruling out possibility of extraordinary elections in case of normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations under procedures proposed by President Serzh Sargsyan. MP Vardan Khachatryan noted in turn that Armenian authorities and society should unite to resist external pressures. "We must make use of all possible political resources to curb the process," he said. 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 | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |