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MORE THAN 60,000 PROTEST PROTOCOLS IN YEREVAN
Yerkir Media
Oct 9th, 2009
YEREVAN (Yerkir Media)--Chanting "No," "No Compromise to the Turks,"
and "Mr. President do not Compromise," more than 60,000 protesters
took to the streets of the capital and began marching from Republic
Square at the center of the city to the Presidential Palace.
At the presidential palace, an statement from the protesters and
signed by 12 political parties and 60 organizations was delivered to
the presidential staff.
>From there, the protesters, whose number was growing as the procession
walked by different streets and neighborhoods around Yerevan, headed
to the Dzidzernagapert Memorial Monument, where a political rally is
expected to take place.
The protest is organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
and is joined by other political parties, including the Heritage Party.
Asbarez will provide continuous coverage as events unfold in Yerevan,
a day before the foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey are expected
to sign the protocols in Zurich. Attending the ceremony will be
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and European Union
foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
Yerkir Media
Oct 9th, 2009
YEREVAN (Yerkir Media)--Chanting "No," "No Compromise to the Turks,"
and "Mr. President do not Compromise," more than 60,000 protesters
took to the streets of the capital and began marching from Republic
Square at the center of the city to the Presidential Palace.
At the presidential palace, an statement from the protesters and
signed by 12 political parties and 60 organizations was delivered to
the presidential staff.
>From there, the protesters, whose number was growing as the procession
walked by different streets and neighborhoods around Yerevan, headed
to the Dzidzernagapert Memorial Monument, where a political rally is
expected to take place.
The protest is organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
and is joined by other political parties, including the Heritage Party.
Asbarez will provide continuous coverage as events unfold in Yerevan,
a day before the foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey are expected
to sign the protocols in Zurich. Attending the ceremony will be
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and European Union
foreign policy chief Javier Solana.