Details on Hovannisian – Tsarukyan meeting announcedMarch 2, 2013 - 18:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The campaign headquarters of former presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian has presented some details of the meeting between Heritage party leader and Prosperous Armenia chairman Gagik Tsarukyan . According to the statement, post-election crisis was in the focus of the discussion, with Hovannisian confirming his position on the voting results, deeming them forged. Tsarukyan shared Hovannisian’s concerns over the current political and social-economic situation, stressing the need for changes. Prosperous Armenia party, in turn, noted that “injustice and the ruling authorities’ violations of the citizens’ rights fuel public discontent.” Tsarukyan reaffirmed the party’s position, suggesting Prosperous Armenia will always support the people. The parties further agreed to cooperate in handling the political crisis. The meeting was attended by Heritage party’s parliamentary group leader Ruben Hakobyan and spokesman Hovsep Khurshudyan, Prosperous Armenia parliamentary group secretary Naira Zohrabyan, MPs Vahe Hovhannisyan and Vartan Oskanian. 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |