 Armenian ex-speaker will not join Prosperous Armenia, paper says March 15, 2012 - 10:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Although Prosperous Armenia announced it will publish its proportional election list during the congress on March 17, Hraparak paper learned that the list will be announced no sooner than March 21. The paper quotes its sources in the party saying that neither Tigran Torosyan, ex-speaker of the National Assembly, nor Aghasi Arshakyan will join Prosperous Armenia. As to Hmayak Hovhannisyan, Prosperous Armenia leader Gagik Tsarukyan has not decided yet whether to admit him or not. Hovhannisyan’s potential membership is said to be supported by the Russian embassy in Armenia and other Russian structures, but nobody assumes responsibility for his further actions, the paper says.   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 |  Latest news 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 25-26.17 bridges collapse as a result of floods in Armenia As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed.Armenia: Top cleric to retain title as he bids to become interim PM Galstanyan said earlier that the interim government would be tasked with stopping the “destruction of our homeland”.Ex-mayor of Karabakh capital arrested in Yerevan Ex-mayor of the Nagorno-Karabakh city of Stepanakert David Sargsyan has been arrested for 20 days. |
