  Parliament Speaker comments on Armenia’s second president’s statement May 23, 2011 - 14:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Speaker of the Armenian parliament Hovik Abrahamyan responded to journalists’ questions in the National Assembly on May 23. Commenting on recent statement by Armenia’s second president Robert Kocharian concerning the decrease of living standards over the past years, Abrahamyan said that “the country is rapidly advancing in a natural way.” “Armenia’s second president gave natural answers to questions addressed to him,” he said. Abrahamyan left unanswered the question whether the statement by Prosperous Armenia party leader Gagik Tsarukyan about his party independent participatation in the 2012 parliamentary election runs counter to the coalition agreement.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
