CIS observers meet Armenian presidential candidatesJanuary 30, 2013 - 19:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - CIS observer mission continue monitoring of Armenian presidential elections. First deputy chairman of the executive committee Vladimir Garkun met Jan 25 with leadership of Armenian police, with voter lists, and measures the aw enforcement bodies take to ensure public order during the election campaign discussed. Garkun further met with the head of OSCE/ODIHR observer mission, ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, with the course of election campaign discussed. As part of his visit to Gyumri, Garkun familiarized himself with the course of the activity of N 35 district election commission, with meetings with Shirak province governor A. Giziryan and Gyumri Mayor Samvel Balasanyan held. CIS long-term observers held meetings with leadership of presidential candidate Raffi Hovannissian’s headquarters and hopeful Arman Melikyan. The mission will further inform of activates, with monitoring of media coverage of election campaigns currently in progress. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |