Despite denial of Yerevan mayor's office, ARF to hold protest rallyOctober 14, 2009 - 15:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Despite Yerevan mayor's office banned the protest rally envisaged for October 16 at the Charles Aznavour square, the action will be held, one of ARF Dashnaktsutyun leaders Vahan Hovhannisyan told a news conference in Yerevan today. According to him, the party decided to hold a protest rally, since a refusal of the mayor's office is deprived of any ground. "Mayor's office did not suggest us to organize a rally in another location, but only verbally informed that on that day another event will be organized in the square, and details of that event were allegedly posted on their official website," Vahan Hovhannisyan said. Members of the faction repeatedly checked the site, but there was no information about any event. Vahan Hovhannisyan commented on the statement of the "Heritage" faction: requirement of President's resignation. Despite the fact that all parties have united around one goal - to defeat the ratification process of the Armenian-Turkish Protocols, each party has a right to have own agenda, he said. "In order to stop the process of ratification of the Protocols, we will use all the means, if necessary will demand the power shift," member of the ARF stressed. 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 | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |