Armenian lawmaker resigns due to health issuesAugust 14, 2020 - 11:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lawmaker Mane Tandilyan from the opposition Bright Armenia party is resigning her seat in the National Assembly due to health issues. Tandilyan said in a Facebook post on Friday, August 14 that she is no longer a member of the governing council of the the party. "I have had health problems for quite some time, which I have tried to deal with alongside with my work. However, they are no longer compatible with active parliamentary and political activity," Tandilyan wrote. Tandilyan served as the country's Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic since May 2018 until she resigned in November 2018. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |