  Minister says Diaspora Armenians may have seats in RA parliament  September 20, 2011 - 17:43 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan summarized the outcomes of the All-Armenian Forum held in Yerevan on September 19-20, noting the possibility for Diaspora representatives to have seats in the Armenian parliament. “The Armenian people have finally unanimously adopted the agenda of priority issues,” she said. According to Hakobyan, the list of priorities covers the issue of the Armenian Genocide recognition, Nagorno Karabakh conflict resolution, fostering the role of the Armenian Apostolic Church and struggle against assimilation of Armenian communities. “115 reports have been presented at the conference, and the authors made quite practical offers,” she said.   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. |
