Lilit Galstyan: Yerevan must be more proactive In a September 10 interview with www.news.am ARF-D parliamentary faction member Lilit Galstyan said the fact that Azerbaijan withdrew its proposed draft resolution, “The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan: Observance of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan” from…
Ara Nranyan, ARF-D parliamentarian and member of the ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia, spoke about the Armenian government’s forecast of the current economic conditions of the country in an interview with the Hayastani Zrucakic newspaper, published in the September 10 issue of the weekly. While the authorities have made an effort to illustrate growth in…
During parliamentary hearings, on September 8, regarding a proposed draft law for disciplinary procedures within Armenia’s Armed Forces, Hrayr Karapetyan, ARF-D parliamentary member and chair of the parliamentary Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs, said: “We have to be very well aware that the army, the armed forces is fundamentally different from…
Speech by Vahan Hovhanessyan, leader of the ARF-D parliamentary faction and member of the ARF-D Bureau, at a panel discussion during the 20th Economic Forum for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in Krynica, Poland, September 9, 2010 Ladies and Gentlemen, In one week, the last preparatory meeting of the Enlarged Bureau of the Euronest Parliamentary…
On September 6, the parliamentary faction of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) rejected the government’s proposed electoral reforms, which the ruling party drafted in response to pressure from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The other opposition party in parliament, the Heritage Party, also rejected the government’s plan. Both parties have come…
In an interview with RFE/RL, Armen Rustamyan, the chair of the ARF-D Supreme Council in Armenia said that the Dashnkatsutyun is in favor of the international recognition of the Nagorno (Mountainous) Karabakh Republic and in principle, is not opposed that Armenia be the first to recognize its independence. In response to the question that would…
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…
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…
“Statistical indexes, which relate to the Republic of Armenia must be studied, researched, discussed; however, I believe, that there is an unnecessary uproar connected with these indexes because all of those indexes are contentious,” Ara Nranyan, a member of the ARF-D parliamentary faction said in an interview with www.7OR.am. “Taking into consideration our economic condition,…
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…
