U.S. Ambassador to Armenia did not persuade Hovannisian to stop hunger strikeMarch 28, 2011 - 22:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On March 28, the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch visited the leader of the oppositional Heritage party Raffi Hovannisian who’s been on hunger strike starting March 15. As the leader of Heritage parliamentary group Stepan Safaryan told PanARMENIAN.Net “this has been a courtesy visit to the oppositional party leader.” As he noted, Ms. Yovanovitch inquired about Hovannisian’s health. The Ambassador did no try to persuade him to stop the strike, as that was Hovannisian’s “political decision.” 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |