Armenian MP: media ascribes ulterior motives to opposition rally participantsMarch 17, 2011 - 15:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) shared his views on oppositional movement in Armenia at news conference in Yerevan. “I dream about the time when local opposition, rather than controlled and financed by the outward forces, will act based on patriotic principles,” Hamlet Harutyunyan stated. “Few countries are actually interested in political stability in Armenia,” he said, adding, “we have few allies, and a host of enemies.” Harutyunyan cited internal disagreements throughout the history of the country as one of the main reasons for the crash of the Armenian statehood. Commenting on the expected number of protesters at March 17 Armenian National Congress rally, Harutyunyan characterized the participants’ number as an irrelevant. “The demonstrators don’t aim to organize riots, no matter what intentions the media might ascribe them. The rally participants only attempt to draw the authorities’ attention to current problems,” Harutyunyan noted. 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. |