We, the representatives of Armenian communities of 25 countries of the world, having discussed, at a conference organized under the high patronage of the President of NKR, the current issues of utmost importance for the nation and the state, herewith determine: 1) Armenia and the Armenians are at an important and decisive stage. The preservation…
Foreign Affairs
Armenia-Diaspora, Foreign Affairs, News
ARF-D Organized Pan-Armenian Conference Says Karabakh Independence Non-Negotiable, Demands Yerevan Break Off Turkey Negotiations
STEPANAKERT– A two-day Pan-Armenian conference in Stepanakert, Republic of Mountainous Karabakh, organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun, concluded on Saturday with a firm resolution demanding Yerevan make immediate and drastic corrections to its flawed approach to both the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks and the ongoing negotiations to normalize relations with Turkey. The conference, held under the…
Foreign Affairs, International Relations
About the SI regional committee’s work
From the Report of the Secretary General Council Meeting of the Socialist International Budva, Montenegro, 29-30 June 2009 Following its establishment at the last SI Council meeting in Mexico last November we held a meeting of the SI Committee for the CIS, the Caucasus and the Black Sea at the Palace des Nations in Geneva…
Democracy & Human Rights, Foreign Affairs, National Security & Defense, News
ARF-D Member Quits Armenian Security Body
Armen Rustamyan, a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), resigned from Armenia’s National Security Council on Thursday in accordance with the party’s recent withdrawal from the governing coalition. Rustamyan served in the presidential body comprising the top state officials in his capacity as chairman of the Armenian parliament’s committee on foreign affairs. Like other…
Democracy & Human Rights, Foreign Affairs, Labour & Social Welfare, Policy
STATEMENT on the Cessation of ARF-D’s Participation in the Political Coalition
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation announces the cessation of the its participation in the political coalition. We deem it necessary to explain this step in view of its political significance and consequences, and the public’s interest. First of all, the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun joined the coalition in order to overcome through the unity of forces the crisis facing…
Foreign Affairs, Policy
STATEMENT on the Normalization of Armenian-Turkish Relations
The pivotal issue on Armenia’s political and state agenda in recent months has been the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations. The ARF-Dashnaktsutyun has declared time and again, that good-neighborly relations between the two countries can only be established after the recognition by Turkey of the Armenian Genocide and the restoration of the rights of the Armenian…
Foreign Affairs, Policy
Press Communiqué on ARF-D Bureau’s Plenary Session
The ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Bureau held its plenary session in Beirut, Lebanon, during November 29-December 1. The agenda included the approval of plans based on proposals-decisions of previous plenary sessions, the evaluation of completed activities, forthcoming organizational and public relations tasks, the discussion of internal and external challenges facing Armenia. The plenary session discussed the new situation…
Foreign Affairs, Policy, Views & Interviews
The Use and Abuse of Armeno-Turkish Dialogue
DIKRAN M. KALIGIAN Armenian Review Volume 50 • Number 1-4 (Fall–Winter 2008) The issue of Armeno-Turkish dialogue has received international attention and been the source of serious controversy for several years. In the last five years, in particular, there has been a proliferation of civil society dialogues. But to determine which forms of dialogue are…
Democracy & Human Rights, Foreign Affairs, Policy
Statement on Armenian-Turkish Relations
The Bureau of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun held a special plenary session in Yerevan on September 9-10. The main issues on the agenda were the complicated military and political situation created in the region and Armenian-Turkish relations. After thoroughly discussing the internal and external challenges facing Armenia, the plenary session of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Bureau considered…
Democracy & Human Rights, Foreign Affairs, National Security & Defense, Policy
DECLARATION of the Participants of the Rally of 2 September 2008
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Artsakh[1] movement and on the 17th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Mountainous Karabakh[2], we, the participants of the public rally organized by the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun and held in Yerevan on 2 September 2008, assert: The recent war and developments in the South Caucasus have…
