  Armenian parliament Speaker urges President to issue pardon for Sasun Mikaelyan April 29, 2011 - 17:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Speaker of the Armenian parliament Hovik Abrahamyan applied to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan with a request to issue pardon for former parliament member Sasun Mikaelyan. “I join the offer of the parliamentary coalition’s political forces. Being concerned over the health state of our former colleague, I urge you to consider the possibility of issuing pardon for him,” reads the statement of Abrahamyan. Mikaelyan has been convicted in the March 1 case. He was accused of riots organization and illegal weapons possession. Currently, Mikaelyan is in prison.   Top stories 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. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg.   Partner news |  Latest news Moody's upgrades IDBank's rating  Moody's has upgraded ID Bank CJSC's (IDBank) long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1.U.S. “very clear” with Azerbaijan: “It’s time to make peace with Armenia” James O'Brien has said that the United States is “very clear” with Azerbaijani that it is a time to make peace with Armenia.PACE adopts resolution on Armenia's commitment to reforms PACE welcomed the electoral reforms implemented by Armenia in accordance with the recommendations of the Venice Commission.Armenia, Germany discuss ties, South Caucasus peace process Armenian lawmakers met with the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Tobias Lindner. |
