The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Thursday dismissed Levon Ter-Petrosian’s harsh criticism of its hard line on Turkey and said he ceased to be Armenia’s top opposition leader after making far-reaching overtures to President Serzh Sarkisian.
Authorities in Armenia have controversially barred Nikol Pashinian, an outspoken opposition figure and newspaper editor tried for his role in last year’s post-election unrest in Yerevan, from standing an upcoming parliamentary by-election.
An outspoken newspaper editor and opposition figure currently on trial for his alleged role in last year’s post-election violence has made a bid to contest a parliament seat recently vacated by another prominent oppositionist.
A senior Foreign Ministry official in Yerevan has insisted that Turkey should ratify the fence-mending agreement signed recently between the two countries within a “reasonable timeframe”.
Armenia’s justice minister believes the establishment of diplomatic relations and an open border with Turkey will inevitably necessitate certain amendments in some of Armenia’s laws to ensure “a normal enforcement” of the agreements between the two countries that have “essentially differing domestic legislations.”
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Friday announced plans to campaign for leadership change in Armenia but again made clear that it is still not seeking President Serzh Sarkisian despite vehemently objecting to his rapprochement with Turkey.
Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) said on Wednesday that it has arrested two persons, including a retired army officer, on charges of spying for Azerbaijan.
President Serzh Sarkisian faced harsh criticism from domestic political opponents, media and football fans on Thursday for what they saw as his unbridled celebration of Turkey’s defeat of Armenia in a high-profile match the previous night.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Wednesday that it will defy a government ban and again rally supporters in Yerevan this week in protest against the controversial Turkish-Armenian agreements.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) will campaign for President Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation if he signs controversial normalization agreements with Turkey, a leader of the nationalist party warned on Thursday.
Armenia’s ruling party on Wednesday has reaffirmed its support for President Serzh Sarkisian’s dramatic rapprochement with Turkey, stressing that it sees no preconditions in the initialed protocols on normalizing relations expected to be signed by Yerevan and Ankara later this month.
Armenia’s main nationalist forces opposed to the unprecedented rapprochement with Turkey initiated by the current government have vowed joint action to stop the signing of the deal that they view as detrimental to the country’s state and national interests.
A senior representative of Armenia’s ruling party on Monday expressed confidence that a majority of the worldwide Armenian Diaspora supports the current rapprochement with Turkey and, in particular, the two draft protocols envisaging the normalization of bilateral relations that the two countries are expected to sign later this month.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian on Friday warned President Serzh Sarkisian against signing controversial agreements with Turkey but spoke out against further opposition attempts to topple the government at this point.
Senior members of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) expressed concern about the ongoing Turkish-Armenian rapprochement at a meeting with President Serzh Sarkisian on Monday night, top party representatives said on Tuesday.
Two of Armenia’s leading opposition parties will join forces to campaign against the implementation of the Turkish-Armenian agreements, one of their top representatives said on Monday.
A once influential Armenian party supporting President Serzh Sarkisian has taken disciplinary action against one of its members who refused to sign a report justifying the use of deadly force against opposition protesters in March 2008, it emerged on Thursday.
A leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Tuesday scoffed at former President Levon Ter-Petrosian’s fresh calls the formation of a broad-based opposition coalition.
President Serzh Sarkisian will lose power if he presses head with the signing of controversial agreements with Turkey, a top leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) warned on Wednesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian should visit Turkey next month to keep up momentum in the ongoing efforts to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations, a junior partner in his coalition government said on Thursday.
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