Sargsyan: Speaking of Presidency Plans Hard NowJuly 21, 2006 - 14:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan will make a decision on putting forward his candidacy or not for the post of the President after the parliamentary election in 2007, he stated in an interview with RFE/RL. "At present speaking of presidency plans is hard. I never worked for any post," Sargsyan said. He explained that his decision will be conditioned by the returns of the parliamentary election. "If the Republican Party of Armenia collects 21-22% of grassroots votes, I will consider it satisfactory, if 25% - good. If the party gains over 25%, it will be an excellent outcome," Sargsyan said.At that he noted he is not going to resign, as there are no reasons for that. «Why should I resign? It is senseless. Did I work bad? If I did, the President should make a corresponding decision himself,» Sargsyan remarked. 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 | U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Moscow warns Armenia against leaving Russian-led defense bloc Armenia could ruin its military ties with Russia if it continues drifting towards the West, according to a senior official in Moscow. |