British Embassy neutral on presidential raceFebruary 14, 2008 - 16:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The British Embassy in Yerevan rejects the allegations in a report in the "Hayots Ashkhar" daily on 13 February titled "British Embassy in the role of a courier?", that an Embassy driver disseminated "propaganda material" for the election campaign of an Armenian presidential candidate. "There is no basis for this accusation. The UK Government strongly supports the efforts of the Armenian Government to conduct democratic and transparent elections in Armenia, and maintains strict impartiality in the contest," reads a statement issued by the Embassy. "The British Embassy in Yerevan has supported a public awareness project against election bribery. This project is publishing several thousand leaflets encouraging Armenian voters to refuse election bribery, in support of the efforts of the Armenian authorities to promote a free and fair contest on February 19. The leaflets have been distributed to NGOs and to all presidential candidates' campaign offices that have expressed an interest in distributing them. The Embassy driver was assisting the Embassy in delivering these leaflets. The leaflets have been delivered to "It's Your Choice", "Center for Community Dialogue and Initiatives", "Hakastver", and "Armedia" NGOs, as well as the election campaign headquarters of the presidential candidates Aram Harutyunyan, Arman Melikyan, Artashes Geghamyan, Arthur Baghdassaryan, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Serzh Sargsyan, Tigran Karapetyan, Vahan Hovhannisyan and Vazgen Manukyan," it says. 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 | SBP instant transfers now available from 190 Russian banks to Armenia To receive money from Russian banks, easywallet users need to go to their easywallet accounts. Lemkin Institute urges Armenia to respect people’s right to dissent The Lemkin Institute has urged the Armenian government to respect people’s fundamental human right to express their dissent. French-Armenian journalist returns to France after 41-day hunger strike Nicolian said on social media on Sunday, June 2 that he needs to improve his health in order to “continue the fight”. Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. |