President re-elected to the post of RPA ChairNovember 28, 2009 - 20:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In the 12th session of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Head of returning board Hrachya Muradyan introduced the results of participants' voting. Thus, President Serzh Sargsyan was re-elected to the post of RPA Chair, having received 1669 votes out of possible 1738. Premier Tigran Sargsyan and Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan became executive body members.At the end of the session, President Sargsyan delivered a speech. Congratulating the party, Armenian leader reiterated the 3 principal trends of authorities' policy: developing Armenia, normalizing ties with Turkey and settling Karabakh conflict. 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 | U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Moscow warns Armenia against leaving Russian-led defense bloc Armenia could ruin its military ties with Russia if it continues drifting towards the West, according to a senior official in Moscow. |