  U.S. Ambassador to Armenia did not persuade Hovannisian to stop hunger strike March 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 Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
