Romanian lawmaker Varuzhan Voskanian from the ALDE party has called on Romanian Members of Parliament at a plenary session to adopt a political statement acknowledging the Armenian Genocide, Agerpres reported.
The decision on granting the status of a partner, observer or member to any country in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is being made by consensus, Acting CSTO Secretary General Valery Semerikov told reporters on September 12.
The trial of ex-President Robert Kocharyan and other former officials charged in the 2008 post-election unrest case, known as the March 1 case, is commencing a Yerevan court.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will hold a press conference in Vanadzor.
“My statement remains the same as during the last live broadcast, that at least for now we don’t have any legal grounds to ban the operations of the Amulsar mine. But understandably we can’t not take into account the concerns which exist among our society,” he added.
Preliminary data from polling stations shows that Davit Sargsyan, the President of the Kickboxing Federation of Artsakh, has been elected to serve as the new Mayor of Stepanakert, the capital city of Artsakh.
Chaired by Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan a discussion on Amulsar mine project was held at the Government on September 7. Heads of ministries in charge for the issue, representatives of the PM’s staff, heads of Lydian International and Lydian Armenia attended the discussion.
The lawyers of 2nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan plan to file a motion to the court following the decision of the Constitutional Court of Armenia, demanding to suspend the detention of their client.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will deliver remarks at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, Foreign minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan told reporters today, commenting on the PM’s upcoming visit to the US.
The issue of the Amulsar Project has been discussed during today’s session of the ruling My Step faction, Vice Speaker of Parliament, faction MP Alen Simonyan told reporters.
