David Hakobyan: Take seriously European Parliament means to be infantileJuly 2, 2009 - 17:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "I think one must be infantile to take seriously the European Parliament and European institutions," David Hakobyan, the leader of the Marxist Party of Armenia told a press conference today. According to him, all their actions stem from their own benefit. "Every time coming to Armenia, they give the same assessment: compared to last year, clear progress is evident," Hakobyan said. He also added, that after departure representatives of Euro parliament change their views and began to contradict to all previously told. And when Armenia must be pressed they immediately submit their resolution. Hakobyan also commented on the events occurred during the summer session of PACE, noting that all hysteria around Zaruhi Postanjyan is regrettable. "Germany and the United Kingdom caused greater harm to Armenia than Turkey», David Hakobyan said. Member of the Armenian delegation to PACE Zaruhi Postanjyan asked the Azerbaijani and Turkish delegations to sign for the changes to the PACE resolution on Armenia, including the call to Armenian authorities to release of all people detained after the events of March 1, as well as to restore the activities of the fact gathering Group of experts, investigating the events of March 1, and to involve international independent experts. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |