  Heritage: political situation in Armenia excludes repetition of March 1, 2008, events  April 28, 2011 - 14:44 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Vice chairman of Heritage party Ruben Hakobyan said the current political situation in Armenia, specifically, the dynamics of relations between the authorities and Armenian National Congress (ANC), excludes the repetition of March 1, 2008, events in practice. The previous policy of ANC was leading to a deadlock; it could result in a new “March 1,” Hakobyan told a press conference in Yerevan. He noted that Armenia now faces three main problems – the Karabakh conflict settlement, Armenian-Turkish normalization and difficult social and economic situation in the country. According to Hakobyan, unification of the entire society is needed to solve them. As for the dialogue between the authorities and ANC, Hakobyan hailed it, adding he is not sure it will be beneficial for the state and people. He recalled that in the mean time ANC used to criticize those opposition forces, which stood for dialogue with the authorities, but now it supports the dialogue.  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. |
