ARMENIAN OPPOSITIONIST RELEASED HAVING GIVEN WRITTEN UNDERTAKING NOT TO LEAVEJune 3, 2004 - 17:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The preventive punishment of member of the Political Council, Head of the Press Service of the Republic opposition party Suren Sureniants is changed. Last evening he was released having given a written undertaking not to leave the city. As Sureniants' lawyer Robert Grigorian told Arminfo agency, when making the decision the state of health of the prisoner, including the heart attack, his repentance and intercession of Ombudsperson of Armenia Larisa Alaverdian were taken into consideration. It should be noted that Sureniants was arrested on indictment of calling to violent overthrow of the constitutional order in the country and outraging a representative of the authority. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |