Yerevan elections: Armenia PM hails ruling RPA’s candidate as the bestMay 14, 2017 - 14:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime minister Karen Karapetyan hailed mayoral hopeful Taron Margaryan as the best candidate in the elections to the Yerevan City Council, currently underway in the Armenian capital. In a conversation with reporters, Karapetyan said he sees no other candidate better than Margaryan. The latter tops the proportional list of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). Dwelling upon the transport issue, the prime minister expressed confidence that RPA’s candidate has already unveiled his vision. Two more parties run for City Council seats: Yerkir Tsirani (Land of Apricot) and YELQ bloc, whose proportional lists are headed by 5th Convocation National Assembly lawmaker Zaruhi Postanjyan and MP Nikol Pashinyan, respectively. 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 | Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Azerbaijan's defense spending set to increase by 11% Azerbaijan's spending on defense and national security will increase by 11%, according to a fresh bill. Armenian PM’s helicopter makes emergency landing in Vanadzor The helicopter transporting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made an emergency landing in Vanadzor. Lavrov says envoys “periodically” summoned for consultations Sergei Lavrov has commented Moscow’s summoning of Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin. |