I WILL TRUST THE SENTENCE PASSED FOR NAIRI HUNANIAN AND HIS SUPPORTERS, PARUIR HAYRIKIAN STATEDFebruary 15, 2001 - 21:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - YEREVAN, February 15. /Mediamax/. "The court examination of the "October 27" case begins today, and I have heard irresponsible statements of several mass media, as if Hayrikian was ready to "shoot" Karen Demirchian and Vazgen Sarkisian. But from the first minute of the tragedy we sharply criticized all the actions of Hunanian and his supporters", the chairman of the commission for human rights defense at the President of Armenia, ex-leader of "Self-Determination" (SD) union Paruir Hayrikian said today at a press conference in Yerevan."I must remind that from the very first day SD has spoken against the policy which Demirchian and Sarkisian pursued, nevertheless, I highly assessed these people despite their activity in the years of the existence of USSR", Hayrikian said. He also noted that as a politician he has given his principle assessment to the happened, but he doesn't want to go into details of the case. "The case was primordially revealed, however, I will accept the sentence, which the court will pass, as an official sentence against any display of violence and terror," the SD leader stressed. -0- Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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. Partner news | Moody's upgrades IDBank's rating Moody's has upgraded ID Bank CJSC's (IDBank) long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1. U.S. “very clear” with Azerbaijan: “It’s time to make peace with Armenia” James O'Brien has said that the United States is “very clear” with Azerbaijani that it is a time to make peace with Armenia. PACE adopts resolution on Armenia's commitment to reforms PACE welcomed the electoral reforms implemented by Armenia in accordance with the recommendations of the Venice Commission. Armenia, Germany discuss ties, South Caucasus peace process Armenian lawmakers met with the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Tobias Lindner. |