On September 2 at 7:00 PM, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun is organizing a public meeting-celebration in Yerevan at the Dynomo Sports Arena dedicated to Artsakh’s Independence Day. This is an interview by the ARF-D Press Office with Armen Rustamyan, Chairman of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Council of Armenia. Question: Is this a celebration or a political…
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…
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…
Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun Bureau member Vahan Hovhannesyan on Thursday strongly condemned the latest deadly shootings in Armenia’s Armed Forces and demanded “severe punishment” for those responsible for them. Hovhannesyan, who heads the Dashnaktsutyun faction in the Armenian parliament, described as “unacceptable and disgraceful” the deaths of seven military personnel in two non-combat incidents reported last…
MUSKOKA, Canada—On June 26, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.S. President Barack Obama, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy issued the following statement on Karabagh from the G8 Summit: We, the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group’s Co-Chair countries, France, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America, reaffirm our commitment to support the leaders of…
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s refusal to take part in the International Economic Forum following the Sargsyan-Medvedev-Aliyev meeting in Saint Petersburg was a specific way to express discontent with the Mountainous-Karabakh peace process, Giro Manoyan, ARF-D International Secretary, told NEWS.am, commenting on the Azerbaijani reconnaissance detachment’s intrusion in Karabakh on June 18. According to him, Azerbaijan’s…
ARF-D Political Affiars Director Giro Manoyan explains YEREVAN (ArmInfo)–As Russian and Turkish leaders express their readiness to develop a strategic partnership, Armenian leaders are considering what the implications of such a partnership would mean to the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. ARF Bureau Political Affairs Director Giro Manoyan says Russia is…
The National Assembly on Monday began debating and looked set to approve the dispatch of a small contingent of Armenian troops to Afghanistan planned by the government. Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian confirmed that the 40-strong detachment is due to be deployed in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz in February and to serve there under…
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…
