RA presidential election: CEC won't invite long-term observation missionsDecember 11, 2007 - 19:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The RA Central Election Committee will not invite log-term observation missions for the presidential elections due on February 19, 2008," CEC chairman Garegin Azaryan told reporters Tuesday.The CEC has decided to invite short-term missions only but this doesn't mean absence of long-term ones. "The words of CEC Spokesman Bahchangulyan were misinterpreted by some media, he said. The fact is that the CEC did not invite long-term missions. However, it doesn't mean that there will be no long-term missions at all. Besides the CEC, the President, government and parliament are entitled to invite international observers," he said, Novosti Armenia reports. According to the CEC's schedule the registration of observers will last November 9-February 9. 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 | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |