U.S. ambassador to Armenia meets ORO bloc leaders in YerevanMarch 13, 2017 - 17:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. ambassador to Armenia Richard M. Mills on Monday, March 13 visited the campaign headquarters of Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanian (ORO) bloc to meet the leaders of the alliance’s proportional list - Seyran Ohanyan, Armen Martirosyan and Vartan Oskanian. Parliamentary elections will be held on April 2. Nine parties and blocs running for seats at the National Assembly have already launched their campaigns. The bloc members dwelled upon the upcoming elections, briefing the envoy on the process of the campaign, as well as ORO’s projects on domestic and foreign policy issues. At the meeting, Mills said all the parties and alliances should present a clear vision for Armenia’s future. The campaign will thus enable the Armenian voters to chose a roadmap for building a sovereign and prosperous state, he said. Also, the ambassador urged everyone to go to the polls on April 2 and report any vote-buying attempts or cases of electoral fraud to the Prosecutor General’s Office or the Human Rights Defender. Earlier, ambassador Mills met with the members of YELQ bloc. 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 | Welcome to CaseKey 2024. Byblos Bank Armenia firmly stands by future innovators Strategic business cases, invaluable experience, innovative approaches and more than 25 events are in store for the participants of CaseKey 2024. Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. |