European partners urge Armenia to hold adequate elections February 17, 2012 - 16:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - European partners name strengthening of democracy and holding of adequate elections N1 problem for Armenia, according to member of Armenian National Assembly and ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group. In this context, Ara Nranyan noted that European partners stress the need of Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, as well as normalization of Armenian-Turkish ties without any preconditions. “Conduction of adequate elections is the only solution for Armenia to advance its positions through the Eastern Partnership (EaP) project and have normal relations,” the MP quoted European partners as saying. According to Mr. Nranyan, European partners’ call was addressed both to authorities and opposition. 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 | Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. |