Paper: ANC leader’s decision on presidency still unknownOctober 19, 2012 - 20:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Congress (ANC) has already voiced readiness to see Levon Ter-Petrossian as its only presidential candidate, Haykakan Zhamanak daily reported. Though the ANC members have apparently reached consensus on the issue, the bloc leader Ter-Petrossian hasn’t taken a final decision yet. As expert in political and electoral technologies Armen Badalyan told the paper, ANC leader’s nomination totally depends on his forecasts about foreign geopolitical centers’ position on ANC, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and Prosperous Armenia, the daily says. 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 | Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. 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”. |