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`LONG LIVE TO THE RA’
[10:28 pm] 16 March, 2007

`We haven’t held a rally like this for a long time,’ Nikol Pashinyan,
member of `Alternative’ Public-Political Initiative announced during
today’s rally.

The organizers were not discouraged by the heavy rain and voiced hope
that more people would join them during the next meeting adjacent
Liberty Square.

Today the rally participants spoke of the NKR conflict. Alternative is
namely concerned over the fact that U.S. State Department has
qualified Karabakh as a territory occupied by Armenia. We find it
amusing that Vardan Oskanyan sees this interpretation a mistake.

`Robert Kocharyan must resign from office and a coup d’etat must be
held in the country in order to correct the mistake.

`Long live to the Republic of Armenia’ shouted the rally participants
and promised to hold suchlike rallies further on.

To note, Alternative will hold its recurrent demonstration on March 23
at Liberty Square.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress