  Paper: Tsarukyan not planning to run for president November 21, 2012 - 11:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Zhoghovurd daily, Prosperous Armenia held another meeting on November 18, with no decision on the upcoming presidential elections taken. “The party has split into two camps; first one backing the idea of party leader Gagik Tsarukyan’s running for president, another opposing it. Tsarukyan’s candidacy will benefit both Armenia’s current president Serzh Sargsyan and his predecessor Robert Kocharian. Sargsyan seeks a victory against a strong rival, while Kocharian hopes only Tsarukyan can defeat the current president. As for the Prosperous Armenia head, he has no intention to enter the race,” the paper says.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
