  Zhirayr Sefilyan: ANC was unable to fulfill its missionOctober 13, 2009 - 19:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - ARFD does not pursue honest goals, leader of Miatsum national initiative Zhirayr Sefilyan told a news conference in Yerevan. The movement, he said, is conducting a signature campaign in Yerevan. "Every day, we collect 800-1000 signatures. Had ARFD wanted to prevent RA-Turkish Protocols from being signed, it would have collected 1 million signatures and submitted them to President," he noted.Touching on cooperation with Armenian National Congress (ANC), activist said that they had supported Levon Ter-Petrosyan, but congress was unable to fulfill its mission. "We can't fold our hands," he said, "We struggled with ANC on a united front and are not going to quit it."   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 |  Related sections 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. |
