Recent events in Egypt advantageous to IranFebruary 17, 2011 - 18:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Recent events in Egypt, which caused destabilization of the whole Arabic world, are advantageous to Iran, indefinitely delaying the possibility of U.S. and Israel’s attack on the country, according to deputy director of Noravank foundation. As Sevak Sarukhanyan told a news conference in Yerevan, preventing riots in other pro-western Arabic states is currently of priority concern to the U.S. “The downfall of Mubarak’s regime came as a “symbolic and ideological” victory of Iran, Mubarak being against Islamic direction of Iran’s development,” he remarked, further dwelling on current issues between Sunnites and Shiite Iran. 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 | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Azerbaijan razes historic Armenian church to ground Azerbaijan has demolished the historic Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist (known as Kanach Zham). |