Relations between ex-president, parliament speaker strained – paperOctober 3, 2012 - 13:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Hraparak daily, parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan reluctantly described his interactions with ex-leader Robert Kocharian as “working relations.” “The strained relations between Kocharian and Abrahamyan worsened even more in the light of ex-Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian’s fund misuse case. Neither has expected the latter to be stripped of deputy immunity,” the daily said Kocharian has been rumored to be readying a statement on Oskanian case, it added. 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 | IDBank, Dalma team up for Caucasian Deer Reintroduction Program IDBank has joined Dalma Garden Mall’s Green Challenge to support the Caucasian red deer reintroduction project. Through Ucom’s support the 12th Sunchild Festival concludes On May 24-28, with the support of Ucom, the 12th international environmental festival Sunchild took place in Yerevan. U.S., Turkey emphasize importance of Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal Jake Sullivan and Akif Cagatay Kilic have discussed the normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia coach expects good football in Slovenia friendly The Armenian national team has left for Ljubljana a friendly match against Slovenia on June 4. |