  Candidate says Serzh Sargsyan won’t run for President November 12, 2012 - 15:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Presidential hopeful, literature expert Vardan Sadrakyan promised, if elected, to appoint all the former Armenian leaders as his advisors. As Sedrakyan told a news conference, following his electoral win, he plans to dissolve parliament, which was formed illegally, and announce a new majority system vote. Sedrakyan expressed certainty of his victory, urging Armenian parties to unite around national values. The expert is confident that current leader Serzh Sargsyan won’t announce his candidacy for 2013 campaign, realizing “he has no chance to win.”   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 U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members  The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said.Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports.For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.Moscow warns Armenia against leaving Russian-led defense bloc Armenia could ruin its military ties with Russia if it continues drifting towards the West, according to a senior official in Moscow. |
