 Raffi Hovannisian: EPP President indulges in illusions March 15, 2013 - 21:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian has urged the president of European People's Party (EPP) Wilfried Martens and U.S. President Barack Obama against preaching democracy to Armenian people. “Martens distorted the European values by issuing a congratulatory address on Armenian presidential elections. I don’t indulge in illusions. Martens does,” Raffi Hovannisian said, adding that Heritage will review its EPP membership in the future. Heritage leader voiced confidence for the party to leave EPP, if the latter shares Martens’s position on Armenian presidential vote.   Top stories 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. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall  A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province.U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12.Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |
