Politics

President Robert Kocharyan does not share the optimism of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs regarding signing a framework agreement on the Karabakh issue before the Armenian presidential election. Matthew Bryza, the U.S. co-chair had stated in Baku that the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan may sign a framework agreement before spring 2008. According to him, …

“The environment of criticism and hatred in politics will not bring anything good to our country. Competition should proceed not with aggressive criticism and hatred but through concrete platforms. Only that way our country can benefit,” during his interview to A1+ mentioned NA MP Victor Dallakyan when adverted to the statements of the first President …

The National Rebirth Party will back a united candidate at the upcoming presidential election. The party will not propose its candidate for presidency. “Presently, political forces are grouping. They will soon name a joint nominee and we shall second him,” the leader of the party Albert Bazeyan said. . Bazeyan didn’t rule out that the …

Political struggle gets more tense day by day and even now it’s predictable that the competition is not going to proceed in the frames of correctness and politeness. Moreover the word correctness is a pretty abstract one because it may have different definitions for many people. The internal political competition must proceed not in the …

Yesterday the chair of NDU party Vazgen Manukyan gave interview to “A1+” and said that he was going to nominate his candidacy for presidency during the presidential elections of 2008 notwithstanding anything. “Our party has given its consent and I am nominating my candidacy. It doesn’t depend on who will run or who will not,” …

Yesterday RA PM Serzh Sargsyan left without answering to journalists’ questions just after the discussion on budget issues organized by the NA commission on financial and budget issues. Instead, speaker Tigran Torosyan answered to journalists’ questions concerning the announcements of the first and the existing presidents of Armenia. – Do you agree with Kocharyan’s estimation …

What is Armenia famous in the world for? Genocide and Karabakh conflict. Very few people know that the Armenian language is a separate branch in the Indo-European family of language and that Armenians were the first ones to officially adopt Christianity. It is hard to figure out those peculiarities when speaking to us, Armenians. All …

“No agreement will be signed between Azerbaijan and Armenia since the Armenians will include a provision on independence of Karabakh in the framework agreement, which is not acceptable by Azerbaijan,” said Azeri former state secretary Vafa Guluzadze to “Novosti Azerbaijan” when interpreting OSCE American co-chair Matthew Bryza’s statement, according to which there is possibility that …

Yesterday in the framework of his visit to Syunik Marz President Kocharyan also spoke about the political development in the country and in particular the possibility of nomination of the first president of Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrosyan in the upcoming presidential elections. In this regard he said, “If he really determines to run once again we …

Yesterday in the framework of his official visit to France RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The Prime Minister reconfirmed Armenia’s invitation for the French President to visit Armenia in 2008, which the latter accepted with gratitude and readiness. Serzh Sargsyan also had a meeting with his French counterpart Francois …