The statement by Mikheil Saakashvili indicates that Georgia is not interested in Armenia-Turkey normalization as its geopolitical significance in the region will be minimized, Giro Manoyan, Head of the Hay Dat office in Armenia, member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD) told NEWS.am. Earlier, in the interview with Echo of Moscow radio station, Georgian…
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ARF-D Going for Fundamental Solutions
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s 119th anniversary was solemnly marked at the Sundukyan Theater in Yerevan on December 21. ARF-D Bureau chairman Hrant Margaryan was the keynote speaker at the event. Margaryan focused on the recent events stemming from the signing of the Armenian-Turkish protocols on establishing diplomatic relations. Margaryan slammed Turkey’s hostile position towards Armenia…
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Armenian Parliament Debates Afghan Mission
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…
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Strengthening Social Democracy in the Black Sea Region
Maria Titizian Vice President, Socialist International ARF-Dashnaktsutyun, Armenian socialist party IUSY BSAC Leaders’ Conference “Committed to making changes” 4 – 6 December, 2009, Kiev, Ukraine The problem with strengthening social democracy in the region is the deficit or absence of democracy itself primarily in the post-Soviet republics, including some in the Black Sea region. In…
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ARF-D Leader Blasts Russia
A leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun accused Russia on Tuesday of acting against the national interests of Armenia, Moscow’s closest regional ally, in its growing dealings with Turkey and Azerbaijan. Vahan Hovhannesyan, a member of the opposition party’s ruling Bureau, also chided former President Robert Kocharian, a longtime Dashnaktsutyun ally, for his scornful reaction…
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ARF-D Unveils Roadmap to Regime Change in Armenia
YEREVAN — On Oct. 23, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) unveiled a detailed plan — called a “roadmap to regime change” — saying that for Armenia to persevere and survive, fundamental changes are needed to its socio-economic, political, and governmental structures. These changes, it argued, were to ensure the pursuit of a national agenda. Speaking…
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Opposition’s Case: ARF-D Leader Explains Why Sargsyan Should Not Go to Turkey
By Gayane Abrahamyan ArmeniaNow reporter 14 October 2009 ArmeniaNow.com A chief foreign policy spokesman for the major party opposed to the current deal with Ankara considers President Serzh Sargsyan’s travel to Turkey “a wrong step that is in conflict with his own outlined conditions.” Giro Manoyan, director of the International Secretariat of the Armenian Revolutionary…
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DECLARATION on the Occasion of the Signing of the Armenia-Turkey Protocols
The protocols on establishing relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Turkey were signed on October 10. On this occasion, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation declares: a) Consultations, which took place over the last several weeks after the protocols were made public, although not always under free and transparent conditions, proved that there…
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ARF-D Issues Announcement on Armenia-Turkey Protocols
On Aug. 31, protocols on the establishment and development of relations between the republics of Armenia and Turkey were officially announced. Armenia and Armenians entered a new phase, which is encumbered with numerous threats and danger. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) warned about these concerns from the onset of the political process by intermittently expressing the…
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Perspectives of EU Integration of Armenia and Turkey
Giro Manoyan International Secretariat, ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Bureau International Conference “Armenia-Turkey: Perspectives for the normalization of relations in the framework of EU Integration” 28 September 2008, Yerevan EU integration for Armenia does not have an alternative. Armenia has chosen EU integration as the path to its internal and economic development. Although Armenia has a great deficit regarding…
