YEREVAN (ARF Press Service)—Thousands converged on the Dynomo Sports Arena on Thursday, September 2 for a rally organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun celebrating the 19th anniversary of the independence of the Nagorno (Mountainous) Karabakh Republic. In his opening remarks, ARF Bureau member Levon Mkrtchyan said the Karabakh liberation struggle will continue until such time…
Baku’s initiative to place a new resolution on the United Nations General Assembly agenda is evidence that Azerbaijan is trying to get the peace process out of the OSCE Minsk Group’s control, Giro Manoyan, director of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun international secretariat, told NEWS.am on August 26. The draft resolution, which the General Assembly is expected to…
In his interviews published on August 25 with Zhamanak and Capital dailies, Giro Manoyan, director of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Bureau’s international secretariat spoke about a military agreement signed recently between the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation to extend the 1995 treaty regulating the presence of a Russian military base in Gyumri for another 24…
Vahan Hovhannisyan weighs in on upcoming CSTO Summit In an interview with Aravot daily in mid-August, ARF Dashnaktsutyn Bureau member Vahan Hovhannesyan spoke about the upcoming informal Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) Summit to be held in Armenia. “I would like to expect the best from the summit and note certain advantages for Armenia in…
The government of Turkey will be allowing mass services to take place at the ancient Armenian Church of Surb Khach located on the island of Akhtamar in Lake Van, on September 19, 2010. The mass will be taking place three years after the completion of a $1.5 million renovation of the church, which was funded…
Russian Railways’ plans In an interview with the daily Aravot on August 6, Ara Nranyan a member of the ARF-D faction in the Armenian parliament said, “The leadership of the South Caucasus Railways (SCR) and Russian Railways has close ties to Azerbaijan’s political elite.” According to the parliamentarian the SCR is pursuing the creation of…
On July 22 the International Court of Justice at The Hague recognized Kosovo’s independence as legal. In an interview with “Capital” the ARF-D’s director of International Secretariat Giro Manoyan noted that the decision presents an excellent opportunity to further intensify activities for the recognition of Artsakh. Manoyan believes that the logic behind the declaration of…
The political forces of the Mountainous (Nagorno) Karabagh Republic (MKR) National Assembly – The Motherland, Democracy and ARF Dashnaktsutyun factions – came forth with a statement on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on the question of the Accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo, which…
10 July 2010 – In an interview with “Capital,” Ara Nranyan, a parliament deputy from the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) and a member of the ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia , criticizes the ongoing reform of Armenia’s pension system initiated by the government. “A model of a backward country is being built in Armenia,”…
By Nanore Barsoumian The Armenian Weekly At 8 p.m. on July 13, television viewers in Turkey who tune in to watch Haberturk TV station’s “Teke Tek” (“One to One”) debate show will instead see a program prepared by the Turkish state’s television and radio monitoring agency, the RTUK. Teke Tek was recently penalized by the…
