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BELARUSIAN PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES ARMENIAN COUNTERPART ON RE-ELECTION
Belapan news agency, Minsk, Belarus
Feb 19 2013
Minsk, 19 February: Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has
congratulated Serzh Sargsyan on his re-election as president of
Armenia, reported the press office of the Belarusian leader.
"Your re-election for another term testifies to the high level of
voters' trust and recognition of your services to the people of
Armenia," Lukashenka said in his message, according to the press
office.
He also said he is confident that Sargsyan's "activities in such a high
position will continue to be aimed at the comprehensive realization of
the significant potential of Belarusian-Armenian cooperation that is
rooted in historically friendly ties between our nations", the press
office noted.
The 58-year-old Sargsyan reportedly won almost 59 per cent of the
vote on 18 February. His closest challenger, Raffi Hovannisian,
a US-born politician who was Armenia's first foreign minister and
leads the Heritage Party, received nearly 37 per cent.
Many observers say that voters did not have any real choice in the
election after several of Sargsyan's opponents withdrew and one of
the candidates, Paruyr Hayrikyan, was shot last month in a suspected
assassination attempt.
Belapan news agency, Minsk, Belarus
Feb 19 2013
Minsk, 19 February: Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has
congratulated Serzh Sargsyan on his re-election as president of
Armenia, reported the press office of the Belarusian leader.
"Your re-election for another term testifies to the high level of
voters' trust and recognition of your services to the people of
Armenia," Lukashenka said in his message, according to the press
office.
He also said he is confident that Sargsyan's "activities in such a high
position will continue to be aimed at the comprehensive realization of
the significant potential of Belarusian-Armenian cooperation that is
rooted in historically friendly ties between our nations", the press
office noted.
The 58-year-old Sargsyan reportedly won almost 59 per cent of the
vote on 18 February. His closest challenger, Raffi Hovannisian,
a US-born politician who was Armenia's first foreign minister and
leads the Heritage Party, received nearly 37 per cent.
Many observers say that voters did not have any real choice in the
election after several of Sargsyan's opponents withdrew and one of
the candidates, Paruyr Hayrikyan, was shot last month in a suspected
assassination attempt.