Azerbaijan’s UN resolution may provoke new war in the Caucasus

August 27, 2010
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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 discuss on September 9, upholds the right of Azerbaijanis...
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ARF-D leaders discuss latest Armenia-Russia military agreement

August 25, 2010
Russian and Armenian defense ministers sign the protocol to the 1995 Russian-Armenia military agreement, as the presidents of the Russian Federation and Armenia look on.

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 years. Noting that the document has not yet been...
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ARF-D Leaders in the News

August 23, 2010
Armenia's Declaration on Independence, 23 August 1990

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 the context of strengthening...
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Attending church services in Akhtamar will contribute to Turkish provocation ARF-D leader says

August 10, 2010
March 2007 — The opening ceremony of the Surb Katch church-converted-to-museum on Akhtamar island in Lake Van, Western Armenia

The government of Turkey will be allowing mass services to take place at the ancient Armenian Church of Surb Khach located on the island of Akhtamar in Lake Van, on September 19, 2010. The mass will be taking place three years after the completion of a $1.5 million renovation of the church, which was funded by the Turkish government...
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Russian, American and Azerbaijani intentions discussed with Dashnaktsutyun reps

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...

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ARCHIVES: Agreement Between the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun and the Ittihad ve Terakki

Agreement Between the ARF (Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun) and the CUP (Committee of Union and Progress, Ittihad ve Terakki) In early July, 1908, in the Ottoman Empire, during the reign of Sultan Hamid 2-nd, the Constitution was reinforced. The constitutional movement was the culmination of cooperation between the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun and several Turkish and...

ARF-D leader condemns army shootings

Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun Bureau member Vahan Hovhannesyan on Thursday strongly condemned the latest deadly...

Parliamentary opposition proposes amendments to the Electoral Code

The parliamentary opposition, namely the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun and the Heritage factions of the...

Armenia’s Government introduces an unfair income tax

By Professor Ara Khanjian About a month ago, the National Assembly decided to privatize...


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