 Oskanian’s joining Prosperous Armenia hit rulers - paper February 29, 2012 - 09:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian’s involvement in the Prosperous Armenia party hit hard the presidential administration, Chorord Ishkhanutyun paper reports. In particular, the criticism he voiced against the Republican Party of Armenia speaking on Yerkir Media TV channel, and the courtesy addressed to the Armenian National Congress made the ruling elite particularly mad. Presidential administration tends to blame Prosperous Armenia spokesman Khachik Galstyan for it; Galstyan, believed to be Serzh Sargsyan’s “insider” within the Prosperous Armenia, was supposed to prevent Vartan Oskanian from joining the party.   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 POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad  Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO.Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship.Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy.Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |
