Zhirayr Sefilyan: ANC was unable to fulfill its missionOctober 13, 2009 - 19:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - ARFD does not pursue honest goals, leader of Miatsum national initiative Zhirayr Sefilyan told a news conference in Yerevan. The movement, he said, is conducting a signature campaign in Yerevan. "Every day, we collect 800-1000 signatures. Had ARFD wanted to prevent RA-Turkish Protocols from being signed, it would have collected 1 million signatures and submitted them to President," he noted.Touching on cooperation with Armenian National Congress (ANC), activist said that they had supported Levon Ter-Petrosyan, but congress was unable to fulfill its mission. "We can't fold our hands," he said, "We struggled with ANC on a united front and are not going to quit it." 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 | 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”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |