Armen Sarkissian has again insisted that he will play a major political role in Armenia if he is elected the country’s new president by the parliament next month.
A deputy chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) said over the weekend that he is ready to nominate President Serzh Sarkisian for the post of prime minister in April.
President Serzh Sarkisian should continue to govern Armenia after completing his final presidential term in April, a deputy chairman of his Republican Party (HHK) said over the weekend.
A landmark agreement aimed at deepening Armenia’s political and economic ties with the European Union could also benefit Russia, a senior EU diplomat said on Wednesday.
The European Union and Armenia signed an agreement aimed at significantly deepening their relations at a ceremony in Brussels on Friday held on the sidelines of the Eastern Partnership Summit.
Armenians will feel the benefits of their new accord with the European Union “with time”, President Serzh Sarkisian said hours before the planned signing of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in Brussels.
The European Union and Armenia are expected to sign an agreement aimed at significantly deepening their relations at a ceremony which is due to be held in Brussels on Friday on the sidelines of the Eastern Partnership summit.
Armenia needs to have a higher and more sustainable growth, the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) vice president said in an interview with RFE/RL’s Armenian Service (Azatutyun.am).
A senior official from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe monitoring press freedom has heaped praise on Armenia’s “diverse and vibrant” media and civil society during a visit to Yerevan.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Sunday that the Armenian government has not yet asked it for additional multimillion-dollar funding needed for completing an ambitious project to upgrade Armenia’s main highways stretching over 550 kilometers to Georgia and Iran.
A senior representative of Levon Ter-Petrosian’s Armenian National Congress (HAK) voiced skepticism on Sunday about Raffi Hovannisian’s calls for opposition rallies aimed at preventing President Serzh Sarkisian from extending his rule next year.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) expressed confidence at the weekend that it will retain control over the Yerevan municipality as a result of next month’s mayoral elections.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) was on course to score a landslide victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections amid opposition allegations of vote buying and other irregularities.
Defense Minister Vigen Sargsian on Monday dismissed his predecessor Seyran Ohanian’s increasingly harsh criticism of Armenia’s government voiced during the ongoing parliamentary election campaign.
President Serzh Sarkisian plans to become Armenia’s prime minister after serving out his second and final presidential term in 2018, an opposition leader claimed on Monday.
Representatives of leading Armenian opposition parties believe the latest refusal by President Serzh Sarkisian to rule out the possibility of his occupying a top government post after the end of his second and final term in office in 2018 once again proves that last year’s constitutional reform was aimed at “eternalizing” his power.
New state-of-the-art missiles acquired from Russia recently allow Armenia to strike strategic facilities of its arch-foes, First Deputy Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan said over the weekend.
Armenia’s government and parliamentary opposition have reached a new, tentative agreement to ensure the freedom and fairness of next year’s general elections through a set of legal safeguards against fraud.
Nikol Pashinian, a prominent Armenian opposition parliamentarian, demanded that law-enforcement authorities allow him to meet the jailed leader of a radical opposition group whose armed members continued to occupy a police building in Yerevan early on Monday.
The United States does not object to Armenia’s plans to step up economic cooperation with neighboring Iran following the lifting of international sanctions against Tehran, a senior U.S. diplomat confirmed on Thursday.
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