  ARFD to get carte blanche after presidential vote – paper December 28, 2012 - 15:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Hraparak daily, ARF Dashnaktsutyun supreme assembly hosted a meeting Wednesday, December 16. “Those present insisted on nominating own presidential candidate. However, following Hrant Margaryan’s statement that joining the race only to lose will make no sense, with 4-5% of votes gained to serve no purpose, the party members gave in,” the daily said. Margaryan’s position was supported by 48 ARFD members out of 80. “After the elections, ARFD will get a carte blanche in many issues and official seats.   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 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”. |
