Opposition Armenian MPs called on Parliament President Hovik Abrahamyan to allow them the opportunity of familiarizing themselves with ongoing negotiations regarding Armenia’s entry into the Russia-led Customs Union.
The father of of Avetik Budaghyan, who was killed in a shoot-out on June 1 near the home of former Syunik Governor Surik Khachatryan, told reporters today that the ensuing criminal investigation was pure window dressing on the part of certain top officials.
The only church in the village is the ruined Saint Sargis Church. Ltchadzor Mayor Souren Martirosyan says the church, built in the 1870s, was decapitated by the local authorities in the 1920s and the remaining structure used as an office.