Foreign Affairs

RESOLUTION of the Pan-Armenian Conference Held in Stepanakert, on July 10-11, 2009

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…