  Heritage can't go for Mayor election alone, ANC saysMarch 16, 2009 - 21:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 18 opposition parties, which are members of the Armenian National Congress, and the ANC head office, have decided to nominate Armenia's first President, leader of radical opposition Levon Ter-Petrosyan as the key candidate for the post of Mayor of Yerevan. People's Party leader Stepan Demirchyan will be the second in the list. The ANC is expected to launch unification talks with Heritage party, according to ANC coordinator Levon Zurabyan. "The Armenian National Congress is the embodiment of the Armenian opposition. If all opposition parties unite, the society will never accept Heritage party as a separate opposition force," he said.   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 |  Related sections Latest news Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences  Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north.“He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan.Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. |
