Dashnaktsutyun to conduct a sit-inSeptember 12, 2009 - 19:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On September 15, 02:00 p.m., ARF Dashnaktustyun plans to organize a sit-near Government building and Foreign Ministry as a sign of protest against recently signed Armenian-Turkish Protocols. It is also planned to conduct a signature campaign. ARFD activists motivate their actions by refusal to admit preconditions imposed on Armenia and demand for reviewing Protocol clauses posing a threat to Armenian people's interests, ARFD press service reports. 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 | 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. Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |