  Opposition supporters urge rally participants to march to presidential residenceMarch 17, 2011 - 18:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Opposition supporters urge Armenian National Congress (ANC) rally participants to march in the direction of presidential residence. As PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent at the scene reported, the leader of the Armenian National Movement (ANM) Aram Manukyan called on the crowd to keep calm, stating that there is a time for everything. He also informed those gathered that one of ANC supporters Harut Urtsyan, previously under arrest, was set free. A member of ANC Aram Sargsyan urged the people against worrying that the time is past to undertake decisive measures. “The authorities’ violence will be responded by violence. It’s a boomerang law and a matter of time,” he said, citing Tunisia and Egypt events as an example.   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 |  Latest 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. |
