Ex-President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan told a Yerevan court today during the ongoing 2008 post-election unrest trial that during that period authorities had video evidence that the protesters were armed and violent.
President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan and ex-president Arkady Ghukasyan walked into the Yerevan court at 17:00 where ex-President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan is on trial. They have been requested to make an appearance regarding their personal guarantees requesting the release of Kocharyan from jail.
The trial of former President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan and other ex-officials over the 2008 March 1 case resumed on May 16.
The working visit of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to China is over, Armenpress correspondent reports from Beijing.
“Mr. Bako Sahakyan has an official meeting tomorrow. He does not want to miss that meeting but since the court ruled out any other option, I think they will come together to the court”, Alumyan said.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the creation of the Council of Europe – an ambitious endeavour aimed at putting an end to centuries of wars on the European continent and at establishing – to quote the resolution of The Hague Congress of Europe in May 1948 – a democratic social system to free people from all types of slavery and economic insecurity.
I am confident that the negotiation process will continue, and it is very important now to return Nagorno Karabakh to the negotiation table. It’s impossible to achieve the settlement of this conflict without Karabakh.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has arrived in Brussels on a working visit. The head of the Armenian government visited the headquarters of the European Council, where he was welcomed by European Council President Donald Tusk.
The private talk of the two PMs will be followed by an extended format meeting.
The Congress of Michoacán, a state of Mexico, on May 7 adopted a statement recognizing and condemning the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
