 RPA rep: Prosperous Armenia presidential candidate can’t rival current leader October 24, 2012 - 20:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group member doesn’t believe the Prosperous Armenia party to be a proper rival to RPA in the upcoming presidential race. “Any political force is considered a rival to certain extent. However, I can’t say the same about Prosperous Armenia,” Sukias Avetisyan said. Dwelling on the statements deeming the current leader favorite for presidency, the MP said, “We can point to Serzh Sargsyan as the sole favorite.” He further cited RPA’s victory in May parliamentary elections to prove his point.   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 |  Latest 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. |
