Armenia opposition boycotts parliament session to leave for KarabakhApril 12, 2022 - 16:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The opposition Armenia and "I Have Honor" blocs boycotted the National Assembly session on Tuesday, April 12, storming out of the parliament hall. Seyran Ohanyan from the Armenia alliance took to the floor, attached a flag of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) onto the podium and declared that the opposition lawmakers were departing for Artsakh and the border provinces of Armenia. Before launching the campaign, Ohanyan said the authorities of Armenia are not capable of resisting the internal and external threats facing the country. "Recent developments confirm concerns that everything is going according to the Azerbaijani-Turkish agenda," Civilnet cited Ohanyan as saying. "Within the so-called peace deal, we are preparing our people for new concessions, defeat and humiliation." According to him, MPs from the ruling Civil Contract party always abstains when it comes to Nagorno-Karabakh. "Due to the current situation, the parliamentary opposition announces that it will not participate in this week's sittings and discussions, we are leaving for Artsakh և border regions of Armenia," Ohanyan 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 | Welcome to CaseKey 2024. Byblos Bank Armenia firmly stands by future innovators Strategic business cases, invaluable experience, innovative approaches and more than 25 events are in store for the participants of CaseKey 2024. Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. |