UNITED COMMUNIST PARTY FORMED IN ARMENIAOctober 13, 2003 - 20:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Three leftist Armenian political forces, these being the Renewed Communist party, Union of Communists and the Party of Intellectuals-Communists unified into the United Communist Party (UCP). In the words of the UCP representatives, a group of co-chairman will become the governing body of the newly founded party. They explain the creation of such a political league by the necessity of mobilizing all the pro-communist forces for the struggle for socialism". To note, the traditional Communist Party did not join the alliance. Top stories 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. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. Partner news | POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |