MP: it’s not time for Armenian government resignationMay 27, 2011 - 12:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Member of the Republican Party of Armenia, MP Rafik Petrosyan has slammed Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s attempts to put responsibility for the crisis in the country on the government of late PM Andranik Margaryan. “It’s already three years as Tigran Sargsyan has headed the government. Vote of censure didn’t help. However, the government work should needs some reorganization,” Petrosyan said, adding that every parliamentarian has the right to express his/her attitude on any issue. New Times party leader Aram Karapetyan noted, in turn, that Dashnaktsutyun party voted against the government by political reasons, in order take up a more radical position on the threshold of elections. 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 | 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. |