YEREVAN — A group of 200 people joined the ranks of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashaktsutyun (ARF-D) at a public celebration of the 25th anniversary of the independence of the Nagorno-Karabagh Republic (Artsakh/NKR) at Yerevan’s State Opera Theater on Sept. 2.
[1]ARF-D Bureau member and director the ARF-D International Secretariat Giro Manoyan administered the membership ceremony.
ARF-D Bureau member and director the ARF-D International Secretariat [2] Giro Manoyan administered the membership ceremony. In his address, Manoyan announced that the party’s membership has grown by ten per cent in the past few months.
Representatives of the ARF-D Bureau, ARF-D Supreme Council, Ministers, regional governors, parliamentarians, government officials, as well as party members and supporters, were present at the event, which began with an observance of a moment of silence for the victims of the large-scale attack launched on NKR servicemen and civilians by Azerbaijan in early April.
President of Nagorno Karabakh Republic, Bako Sahakyan welcomed the audience with a special video message. ARF-D Bureau member and head of the party’s political affairs Armen Rustamyan also addressed the crowd.