Politics

– Mr. President, discussions over the peaceful resolution of the NK conflict recently have intensified, different opinions are being voiced, and different forecasts are made. What is the real situation today? – The real situation is that after a prolonged passive phase the process of the NK conflict resolution has entered the active phase. This …

“In my opinion the problem has only two solutions – either military or coercion of the peaceful resolution of the conflict on part of the international community just like what happened in Kosovo,” said Tigran Torosyan during the interview to our reporter. Mr. Torosyan doesn’t imagine a type of resolution, which would have all three …

The human rights defender of Armenia Armen Harutiunyan told that he had decided to participate in the fact-finding group for March 1-2. He told about this during his interview to Radio Liberty. Nevertheless, the ombudsman stated that the creation of the fact-finding group is for the time being the only practical step of the government …

On Monday we will commemorate the 9th year of the tragic crime of October 27. Yesterday in this regard the Armenian National Congress spread an announcement, which reads, “On October 27 1999 the National Assembly and Government of Armenia were shot. The speaker of the National Assembly Karen Demirchyan, prime minister Vazgen Sargsyan, MPs and …

“The conflict of Karabakh must be settled peacefully,” said the envoy of the NATO General Secretary in South Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simons. He says that the conflict is the business of the two countries and should be settled by them, and the foreign powers can help them only with advices. Concerning Armenia’s relations …

“ARF does not agree with any settlement of the Karabakh conflict where it is spoken about giving out any lands,” said ARF member Kiro Manoyan and added that in case if the settlement is delayed Armenia should recognize the independence of Karabakh to bring new quality changes into the region. The latter says that after …

President of Russian Federation Dmitri Medvedev arrived yesterday in Yerevan on an official visit at the invitation of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. This is Medvedev’s first official visit to Armenia in the position of president (reminder: right after his victory at the presidential elections Medvedev paid his first visit to Azerbaijan). Of course Medvedev’s visit …

After the conflict between Georgia and Russia, when Armenian politicians started discussing the issue, prime-minister Tigran Sargsyan spoke about the Georgian opposition with great respect and said that the interests of the state were more important for them than the inner political issues. He showed that he respects the oppositions of Azerbaijan and Georgia, their …

The second entry of Levon Ter-Petrosyan into politics a year ago strangely enough politicized the inter-political situation of Armenia in the literal meaning of my word. I mean the Dashnak turned into Dashnak, communist to communist, NDU member to NDU member and thus brought them back to their ideological grounds. It means these people went …

Dear Compatriots, I had promised to you during our rally on September 26 to reveal and explain in detail the strategy of the Popular Movement or the Armenian National Congress without concealing anything from you. Today it is the time to fulfill that promise, therefore, I ask you to be patient and to listen carefully …