Ishkhan Saghatelyan elected as Vice-President of Armenian parliamentAugust 6, 2021 - 11:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Opposition lawmaker Ishkhan Saghatelyan was elected as Vice-President of the Armenian National Assembly on Friday, August 6. 103 members of parliament participated in voting on Friday, including 64 in favor of Saghatelyan's candidacy, 37 against, and two invalid ballots. On Thursday, the Armenian parliament failed two attempts to elect Saghatelyan in the post. In order to be elected in the post, the lawmaker needed to collect at least 54 votes, but he fell short of the threshold both times due to invalid ballots. Alen Simonyan from the ruling Civil Contract party was earlier elected as the President of Parliament, while Ruben Rubinyan and Hakob Arshakyan, also from Civil Contract, were named his deputies. The Armenian National Assembly has three Vice-Presidents. 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. |