Ter-Petrossian, Kocharian won't attend Sept 21 celebrationSeptember 17, 2011 - 17:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former Armenian Presidents Levon Ter-Petrossian and Robert Kocharian won't attend Armenia's independence 20th anniversary celebration on September 21. As the 2nd President's spokesman Victor Soghomonyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, “Several days ago Kocharyan left Armenia on private business and won't be able to attend the celebratory events.” Soghomonyan chose not to reveal further details. Reportedly, the 1st Armenian President, Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc leader Levon Ter-Petrossian won't attend the celebration either. PanARMENIAN.Net was unable to obtain any comments from ANC representatives, who left telephone calls unanswered. As announced earlier, Ter-Petrossian and Kocharian received official invitations to participate in the state dinner, military parade and celebratory concert dated to September 21. 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 | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |