ONE CAN'T SAY THAT "DASHNAKTSUTIUN" PARTY COMES TO POWER IN ARMENIA, VICE SPEAKER OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT STATEDJanuary 23, 2001 - 21:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 23.01.2001, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "I don't share the opinion that Dashnaktsutiun party comes to power in Armenia," vice speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Tigran Torosian stated today at a press conference in Yerevan.According to him, there aren't sufficient grounds for such assertions. "If the appointment of a member of Dashnaktsutiun a minister is characterized as "coming to power", then, following this logic, we may say that in the course of the last year the Communist Party was at power in Armenia", Torosian said. The vice-speaker noted that thinks the appointment of David Lokian as the minister of urban development to be a reasonable step on the part of the government. "Especially when lately Dashnaktsutiun mainly supported the initiatives and decisions of the government", the vice-speaker said. --0-- 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 | 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. Armenia: 28 protesters arrested after clash with police The Investigative Committee of Armenia has announced the arrest of 28 participants of an opposition demonstration. |