  Vahan Shirkhanyan rules out early presidential election in Armenia  August 12, 2011 - 16:23 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Former Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia, member of Social Democrat Hunchakian Party Vahan Shirkhanyan excludes possibility of pre-term presidential election in Armenia. “There is no prerequisite, no political crisis,” he said at a press conference in Yerevan. As for conflict between the authorities the Armenian National Congress opposition bloc, Shirkhanyan doesn’t see any difference between both. “Political struggle is the struggle of ideas. There is, however, no struggle of ideas between authorities and ANC, it’s a battle of personalities,” Shirkhanyan said. He also underlined that to resolve social and economical problems, Armenia must reject the liberal and take up a social democrat model, entirely altering the government system.  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. |
