  Prosperous Armenia agrees to back Serzh Sargsyan, paper says November 2, 2012 - 15:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Hraparak daily, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia insisted that an agreement was reached with Prosperous Armenia leader Gagik Tsarukyan to support Serzh Sargsyan’s candidacy at the upcoming presidential election, with a relevant announcement to be made by late November. “However, no conversation on nominating own candidate or backing Sargsyan were held at Prosperous Armenia meeting, with Tsarukyan merely mentioning that political consultations are in progress,” the paper said. “Nevertheless, those present estimated the probability of backing Sargsyan at 60%,” according to the paper.   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said.   Partner news Most popular in the section |  Latest news Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall  A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.€3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms.Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan.U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |
