Vartan Oskanian is Not Going to Leave PoliticsDecember 19, 2006 - 14:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "I am not tired and not going to leave the policy, but still I do not know how I shall participate in the political life," said Armenian FA minister Vartan Oskanian in Yerevan. In his words, currently no political party in Armenia attracts him, and there has been no offer from them. "The time will show. The new president will want to work with his foreign minister since it is a very important post. And who in 2008 will be the new president I do not know. Because of it all the talks on my political future are premature," the FA minister underlined. He also noticed that he is not going to leave Armenia: "It's my motherland, I have nothing to do in other countries. I knowingly made my choice when accepting Armenian citizenship." It is worth reminding that Vartan Oskanian accepted Armenian citizenship in 1998 refusing from American citizenship, since according to the law, he could not occupy the position of Foreign Affairs Minister being a citizen of another country. 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. |