ANC rally kicks off at Yerevan’s Liberty Square March 30, 2012 - 18:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc rally, which gathered about 2000-3000 demonstrators, kicked off at Yerevan’s Liberty Square on Friday, March 30. As PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reports from the rally venue, today’s gathering was opened by the Armenian National Movement board chair Aram Manukyan in contrast to the previous ones, during which Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper editor-in-chief Nikol Pashinyan was the first to address the public. Top stories 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. 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. Partner news | Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. Azerbaijan proposes Armenia to jointly seek cancelation of Minak Group The Azerbaijani President maintained that the move will show “how sincere Armenia is.” |