Politics

The return of the “content-based” son

06.10.2009

Yesterday the founding leader of the Heritage party Raffi Hovhannisian said that he is withdrawing his unexpected resignation from Armenia’s parliament which has sown discord within his party. “I have been urged by compatriots both in Armenia and in our broad Diaspora to take up the challenge and use the limited forum that the National …

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RA President Serzh Sargsyan: “This was the maximum of our opportunities”

06.10.2009

Yesterday’s meeting of Serzh Sargsyan with the members of the Public Council showed that this body without exception and including Vazgen Manukyan, don’t miss any chance to glorify the President and the policy conducted by him. The purpose of yesterday’s event was to express the opinion of the Public Council about the policy conducted by …

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Gordon reconfirmed

06.10.2009

According to the official information posted on the official website of the US State Department US Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon by summarizing the results of the meetings with the foreign affairs ministers of Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan also shared her views on the status of Turkey-Armenia relations with the US State Secretary Hillary …

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Is there no alternative?

03.10.2009

The prime minister of Turkey met with the representatives of the Turkish community in the US. During his speech at the Marriott Marquis Hotel of New York Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the audience about the results of his negotiations proceeding in New York. According to Anadolu agency when speaking of the recent summit of the …

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What does silence mean?

03.10.2009

“Armenia and Turkey will sign the protocol on normalization of the relations on October 10,” said the Turkish prime-minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the FrancePress without any other comments. However the foreign media published a lot of information about this meeting yesterday. The FrancePress refers to diplomatic sources from Turkey and writes that the protocols …

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How is the Diaspora preparing?

03.10.2009

In two days President Serzh Sargsyan will tour major Armenian communities abroad to explain and promote his far-reaching diplomatic overtures to Turkey which many in the Diaspora have been following with unease.  The President will visit Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Doni Rostov. It is known that the majority of our compatriots in the …

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Without preconditions

03.10.2009

Yesterday the RA President Serzh Sargsyan met with Peter Semneby, the EU’s special representative to the South Caucasus. EU leaders were quick to welcome the August 31 announcement by the Armenian and Turkish foreign ministers that they have finalized two protocols envisaging the establishment of diplomatic relations and the reopening of the border between the …

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Got alienated?

03.10.2009

“I thought that as a result of March 1 Serzh Sargsyan got alienated from the RA citizens but he got alienated due to the Armenian-Turkish relations as well. He also alienates the state from the Armenians. The Armenians in the Diaspora are fully engaged in the attempts of Genocide recognition. Sargsyan by his statement blocked …

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Member of the political board of the Republic party Smbat Ayvazyan: The government will hear the voice of the people

03.10.2009

– When you and the rest of the political prisoners were in prison the leaders of the ANC were saying that their organizational core, including you, were in prison and that’s why their struggle was less powerful. Now most of the political prisoners are out of prison but the promised powerful struggle is not there. …

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Candidates already exist

28.09.2009

By a decree of the RA Central Election Commission (CEC), new elections have been scheduled in election districts 8 and 25 on December 6. Remind that the elections were scheduled after Armenian MPs Hakob Hakobyan (representing election district 8) and Sasun Mikaelyan (election district 25) were removed from posts under alleged charges of March 1 …

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