YEREVAN – “Nothing will be complete without the complete participation of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun in our society, since it is a national force and it belongs to the Armenian people”, stated one academician taking part in a seminar organized by the ARF Supreme Council of Armenia, at the American University of Armenia, on March…
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Foreign Affairs, In the Press, News
“ARF must be included in Armenia’s delegation to the Council of Europe”
On January 26, 1996, the Council of Europe decision to grant Armenia observer status came in the wake of Russian admittance as a full-fledged member into the same body. Yet the approval of Armenia’s status took four years of arduous evaluation and analysis by the Council, which included a fact-finding mission to Armenia by an…
International Relations, News
Meeting with the British Ambassador to Armenia
Political Secretary of the ARF-Armenia Executive Body, Mr. Vardan Ghandilyan said that on January 31, 1996, the Ambassador of Great Britain, Mr. David Miller met the representative of the ARF-Armenia Executive Body. During the two hour meeting the discussions included the political process in the region, the political situation in Armenia and other mutual concerns.…
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ARFD-Armenia Outlines Policies and Action Plan
During a press conference, in Yerevan, on January 21, 1996, the newly created body responsible for administering the activities of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun in Armenia outlined the party’s policies and programs and discussed the course of their activities. The three-person body is composed of Levon Mkrtchyan, lecturer at the History Department of the Yerevan…
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Meeting with the President of Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno Karabakh Republic President Robert Kocharian met with two members of the newly elected Bureau of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun, Masis Baghta-saryan and Martun Matevosyan, both from Armenia. Presidential press secretary Alexander Grigoryan said that during the December 23, 1995, meeting Kocharian reported on the military, political and socio-economic situation of the republic during the…
ARF-D World Congresses, News
STATEMENT on the Arrest and Trial of ARF Members in Armenia
Regarding the matter of ARF members who have been arrested in Armenia and are undergoing trial there, the 26th World Congress of the ARF announces: a. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun has had no connection whatsoever with the formation or the activities of the “Dro” group. b. The ideological and moral standards of the ARF-D, as…
ARF-D World Congresses, News, Organizational Matters
ARF-D convenes its 26th World Congress
In November 1995, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dasnaktsutyun convened its 26th World Congress in Lebanon. The ARF-D had appealed to the Armenian authorities, to facilitate the convening of the World Congress in Armenia. The appeal was refused on grounds that World Congress delegates would include non-Armenian citizens, which according to the interpretation of the authorities, would…
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European Parliament resolution on the banning of the ARF-Dashnaksutyun
10(e) B4-0685, 0703 and 0714/95 Resolution on the human rights situation in Armenia and the banning of the FRA (sic) Dashnaksutyun party The European Parliament, A. whereas since its independence on 21 September 1991 Armenia has been engaged in the construction of a state based on the principles of freedom and democratic institutions, B. whereas…
