  RA NA members commemorate 1999 parliament shooting victims October 27, 2010 - 12:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Assembly speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, parliament and government members, politicians and public figures laid flowers to the monument commemorating the victims of 1999 parliament shooting victims. “To prevent similar outrageous crimes in future, the October 27 tragedy should be completely revealed,” said Lernik Aleksanyan, member of the Republican Party of Armenia. 11 years ago, a group of 7 terrorists rushed into the chamber of the Armenian National Assembly and shot down Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Speaker Karen Demirchyan, vice-speakers Yuri Bakhshyan and Ruben Miroyan, minister for the operative issues Leonard Petrosyan, deputies Armenak Armenakyan, Genrikh Abrahamyan and Mikael Kotanyan.   Top stories 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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
