Free Democrats party leader offers to hold public talksApril 5, 2012 - 17:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Commenting on the disagreements between opposition forces regarding single candidates in majority constituencies, head of the Heritage election headquarters, Free Democrats party leader Khachatur Kokobelyan offered to henceforth hold public talks, in the presence of media. “Personally I promise that there will be private negotiations with none of the political forces,” he told a press conference in Yerevan. Mr. Kokobelyan further noted that an impression is created that the opposition forces are going to struggle against one another at the forthcoming elections. “We won’t struggle against the opposition. We enjoy stable electorate. We are not forced to steal voted from other opposition forces,” he said. The party head further advised opposition members to focus on the struggle against the ruling coalition instead of the battle with each other. On the threshold of elections, Heritage merged with Free Democrats opposition party, the representatives of which were included in the Heritage candidates list. The list is topped by the leader of Heritage party Raffi Hovannisian, Free Democrats party head Khachatur Kokobelyan and MP Zaruhi Postanjyan (Heritage). 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |