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IF INVITED AGAIN, ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER WILL BE PLEASED TO VISIT BAKU
November 28, 2012 | 12:39
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition Heritage Party Chairman Raffi
Hovannisian has not regretted going to Azerbaijani capital city Baku
and, if invited again, he will be pleased to go, Hovannisian himself
stated during a press conference on Wednesday.
To note, Raffi Hovannisian had visited Baku to attend and address
the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP),
to which he was invited as leader of the Heritage Party.
The party chairman informed that the ICAAP conference kicked in the
morning of November 22, but, prior to that, the Azerbaijani reporters
had approached him and posed questions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani
challenges and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"It was decided that my keynote address be covered as little as
possible. The address was followed by the addresses of the Azerbaijani
co-chairs," Hovannisian said.
Also, he informed that in the morning of the previous day, a draft
resolution-which reflected neither on Armenia nor Azerbaijan nor
Karabakh-was included in the conference agenda. "But on the morning of
November 23, when I came to deliver my address, a change was apparent.
The agenda had changed, [and] the adoption [of the aforesaid
resolution] was removed from the agenda. It was apparent that something
else was being prepared. They had decided to create an illusion of
ratifying [the resolution] by way of reading [it]; that resolution was
read, but it was never agreed upon," the Heritage Party Chairman said.
Also, Raffi Hovannisian noted that many were hearing the Armenian
viewpoint for the first time, and he underscored that Armenia needs
to be present everywhere to balance the diplomatic shortfalls.
While in Baku, the Armenian opposition party leader also asked that
he meet with an Armenian family, but this meeting did not take place
because no such family was found.
Photo by Sona Barseghyan/NEWS.am
http://news.am/eng/news/130294.html
November 28, 2012 | 12:39
YEREVAN. - Armenia's opposition Heritage Party Chairman Raffi
Hovannisian has not regretted going to Azerbaijani capital city Baku
and, if invited again, he will be pleased to go, Hovannisian himself
stated during a press conference on Wednesday.
To note, Raffi Hovannisian had visited Baku to attend and address
the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP),
to which he was invited as leader of the Heritage Party.
The party chairman informed that the ICAAP conference kicked in the
morning of November 22, but, prior to that, the Azerbaijani reporters
had approached him and posed questions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani
challenges and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"It was decided that my keynote address be covered as little as
possible. The address was followed by the addresses of the Azerbaijani
co-chairs," Hovannisian said.
Also, he informed that in the morning of the previous day, a draft
resolution-which reflected neither on Armenia nor Azerbaijan nor
Karabakh-was included in the conference agenda. "But on the morning of
November 23, when I came to deliver my address, a change was apparent.
The agenda had changed, [and] the adoption [of the aforesaid
resolution] was removed from the agenda. It was apparent that something
else was being prepared. They had decided to create an illusion of
ratifying [the resolution] by way of reading [it]; that resolution was
read, but it was never agreed upon," the Heritage Party Chairman said.
Also, Raffi Hovannisian noted that many were hearing the Armenian
viewpoint for the first time, and he underscored that Armenia needs
to be present everywhere to balance the diplomatic shortfalls.
While in Baku, the Armenian opposition party leader also asked that
he meet with an Armenian family, but this meeting did not take place
because no such family was found.
Photo by Sona Barseghyan/NEWS.am
http://news.am/eng/news/130294.html