  FIRST ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER RAFFI HOVHANNISIAN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENTNovember 27, 2002 - 18:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today an application was received by the Central electoral commission of Armenia from the first minister of foreign affairs of Armenia, present chief of the Armenian Center for National and International Research Raffi Hovhannisian for participating in the Presidential elections planned February 19, 2003. The candidate is proposed by an initiative group. Let us note that at present there are 5 candidates for the presidency in Armenia. Besides Raffi Hovhannisian these include leader of People's party Stepan Demirchian, chairman of "National Self-Determination" association Paruyr Hayrikian, political scientist Aram Karapetian endorsed by "Constitutional Right" association and acting Armenian President Robert Kocharian.  Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
