Third candidate registers to run for presidency in Karabakh![]() May 3, 2012 - 15:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy director of Armenia’s State Agricultural Academy’s Stepanakert branch Arkadi Soghomonyan nominated himself on May 2 for the presidential elections in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh). There are three candidates running for presidency now, NKR current leader Bako Sahakyan, MP Vitali Balasanyan and Arkadi Soghomonyan, Karabakh-open.info reports citing NKR Central Election Commission. The nomination process will be over by 18.00 pm, May 5. Presidential elections in Karabakh will take place on July 19, 2012. The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Partner news |