At the initiative of President Armen Sarkissian, a telephone conversation took place with UN Secretary General António Guterres on April 27.
Member of the National Assembly Gevorg Kostanyan representing the Republican Party of Armenia rules out that MPs representing the RPA can vote in favor of Nikol Pashinyan on May 1 special session for electing Prime Minister, the MP told the reporters at the National Assembly.
The Republican Party of Armenia is open for negotiations and discussions, but does not plan to negotiate in the format of ultimatums and compulsion, Head of RPA parliamentary faction Vahram Baghdasaryan told the reporters at the National Assembly, referring to the failure of negotiations between opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan and acting PM Karen Karapetyan.
MP representing the Republican Party of Armenia Armen Ashotyan has commented on the recent domestic developments in Armenia, urging not to replace the society of love and solidarity with a society of hatred and antagonism, Ashotyan made a post on his Facebook page.
The ARF Armenia Supreme Council issued a statement according to which the Armenian Revolutionary Federation comes up with a new initiative on the current situation in Armenia.
Gazprom Armenia issued a statement notifying that the company is engaged in planned maintenance works these days.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian received Ambassadors of Poland, Czech Republic, Greece, Bulgaria, Switzerland and chargé d’Affaires of Romania.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan says he doesn’t know yet how the Tsarukyan and ARF factions of the parliament will vote in the upcoming election of a Prime Minister due on May 1.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov held a telephone conversation with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov on April 27, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.
Aram Araratyan, spokesman of acting Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, released a statement noting that opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan’s invitation for talks practically doesn’t differ from the previous one, expect for this one doesn’t dictate with whom the negotiations should be held.
