Nikol Pashinyan: ANC will never strike a disreputable deal with authorities June 2, 2011 - 17:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Congress (ANC) will never strike a disreputable deal with the authorities according to ANC member, Haykakan Zhamanak daily editor-in-chief. As Nikol Pashinyan told a news conference in Yerevan, snap presidential and parliamentary elections are still the main goal of ANC; the alteration of the Congress rhetoric towards the authorities is explained by the change of mechanisms to achieve the goal. As he noted, snap elections are only possible in case of an impeachment or resignation of the president. As Pashinyan remarked, ANC never mitigated its policy towards the authorities. “If in 2008, the only demand set by ANC was the release of political prisoners, in 2011, ANC laid down 3 demands the authorities had to fulfil.” According to Pashinyan, the composition of ANC in the oncoming negotiations with the authorities hasn't been discussed yet. 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. |