RPA urges political correctness over EU envoy’s election remarksJune 15, 2017 - 18:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Spokesman for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Eduard Sharmazanov on Thursday, June 15 urged the EU ambassador to the country to maintain political correctness and not to interfere in Armenia’s internal issues. Ambassador Piotr Switalski said earlier that elections were not perfect, and vote-buying and other electoral fraud cases were registered during the April 2 vote. “We recognize that our European colleagues can make proposals and give assessments, but those suggestions had better be proper, formulated with diplomatic vocabulary,” Sharmazanov said, according to RFE/RL Armenian Service. “People may sometimes forget that Armenia is a sovereign country.” Sharmazanov added, however, that Armenia is grateful to the European Union for its assistance in the process of the country’s democratization. Earlier, chairman of the Central Electoral Commission Tigran Mukuchyan urged the EU ambassador against focusing on the negative aspects of parliamentary elections and pay attention to positive developments too. After elections on April 2, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) got 58 mandates, the Tsarukyan bloc received 31 seats overall, while YELQ bloc and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutyun got nine and seven parliamentary seats, respectively. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |