Premier commented on his statement about responsibility for ArmeniansOctober 28, 2009 - 19:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During the NA Government hour, Heritage faction MP Zaruhi Postanjyan asked Premier Tigran Sargsyan about the incident with police during the protest in front of Government building and Presidential residence and demanded explanation to his statement about responsibility for 3 million Armenians living in Armenia. She also showed torn posters and asked what measures authorities were going to take in that direction.Prime Minister noted that his words were distorted and cut from his speech context. "What I said was this: we are certainly responsible for the 3 million Armenians living in Armenia because these people form Parliament and Government and elect President. We also bear responsibility for entire Armenian world and are concerned by their problems." Commenting on police operations, Mr. Sargsyan said that Justice Ministry is currently studying the circumstances of incident, and if law enforcers are found guilty of breaching the law, they will be held accountable. 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 | Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Azerbaijan's defense spending set to increase by 11% Azerbaijan's spending on defense and national security will increase by 11%, according to a fresh bill. Armenian PM’s helicopter makes emergency landing in Vanadzor The helicopter transporting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made an emergency landing in Vanadzor. Lavrov says envoys “periodically” summoned for consultations Sergei Lavrov has commented Moscow’s summoning of Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin. |