Coalition statement aimed to push Robert Kocharian out of political fieldMay 3, 2011 - 12:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The statement adopted lately by the ruling coalition was aimed to push former President Robert Kocharian out of the political field and show that Kocharian lost the support of Prosperous Armenia party, a political analyst said. “Some in Serzh Sargsyan’s team, including Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, want to discredit Robert Kocharian, shouldering on him the responsibility for the tragic events in March 2008,” Armen Aghayan told reporters on May 3. According to him, Armenian National Congress (ANC) leader Levon Ter-Perossian has a similar objective. “Ter-Perossian wants to use Kocharian’s mistakes and March 2008 to shield his own misconduct in 1996,” Aghayan said. 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 | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |