Each of the newly elected MPs in accountable not only to his political force, but first of all for the voters who have hopes in them, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said in his remarks during the first session of the newly elected Parliament.
Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan relieved Shushan Sardaryan from the post of his advisor, the government’s press service told. Sardaryan has been elected to the Parliament under the ruling party’s proportional list.
“I once again congratulate the Republican Party of Armenia, ‘Tsarukyan’, ‘Yelk’ blocs and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation party for assuming a political responsibility in the Republic of Armenia in the upcoming 5 years through free, competitive and highly assessed elections. I congratulate all MPs of the 6th convocation Parliament and wish productive work,” the President said.
In his commencement speech at the Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday, US President Trump proclaimed that “no politician in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly” by the media, CNN reported.
The US Justice Department appointed former FBI director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Moscow, Reuters reports.
The first session of the 6th convocation of Armenia’s Parliament kicked off. The session is chaired by Knyaz Hasanov, leader of the country’s Kurdish community and most senior Member of Parliament.
“On May 17 and overnight May 18 the Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime over 60 times by firing more than 650 shots from various caliber weapons at the Armenian positions in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.”
Designed in 1891 by renowned Beaux Arts architect Richard Morris Hunt, the Newport, Rhode Island, mansion known as Belcourt was inspired by Louis XIII’s hunting lodge at Versailles and built for banking heir Oliver Belmont.
