Vartan Oskanian accepted to Prosperous ArmeniaFebruary 16, 2012 - 14:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former Foreign Minister, head of Civilitas foundation Vartan Oskanian officially joined Prosperous Armenia coalition party. “As an experienced politician, Oskanian was more than welcome to the party,” the party’s press secretary Khachik Galstyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. On February 13, Oskanian filed an application to join Prosperous Armenia. “I’m confident the party will be able to promote fair elections in the country to form a parliament with better balance of political forces,” the ex-minister’s statement said. ”As Civilitas Foundation board chair, I had, on various occasions, expressed my views on events and developments in Armenia. Today, I believe it is time to become more actively involved in the country’s political processes,” Oskanian noted. According to media reports, Oskanian will be among top 5 nominees in Prosperous Armenia candidates list. 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 | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |