HAY DAT CARRYING OUT WORK ON ADVANCEMENT OF ARMENIA’S INTERESTS

DeFacto News Agency
March 20 2007

The Armenian party has a bit weakened its positions in propaganda
referring to the Karabagh conflict settlement, the Head of ARF
Dashnaktsutyun Bureau’s Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Kiro
Manoyan stated at the Pastark Press Club in Yerevan today.

According to Kiro Manoyan, weakening of Armenia’s stand in propaganda
is conditioned by the fact that the Armenian party is too frank about
the peaceful negotiation process within the OSCE Minsk group and
attempts not to undertake steps that may have a negative influence
on the talks’ course. Meanwhile, the Azeri party pursues another
policy and carries out active propaganda to advance its option of the
settlement. According to the Head of ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau’s Hay
Dat and Political Affairs Office, the Armenian party should activate
its position.

Answering a question if Hay Dat used its contacts to advance Armenian
interests in Karabagh settlement on the international arena, Kiro
Manoyan said Hay Dat groups carried out consequent work in the U.S.,
Europe and Near East countries. In part, he noted the fact that
every year the U.S. rendered humanitarian aid to Nagorno-Karabagh
was to no small degree the merit of the Armenian lobby. The work
on the recognition of the Nagorno-Karabagh people’s right to self
determination is being carried out in Europe. As for the Near East
countries, in Kiro Manoyan’s words, the Armenian lobby is making
efforts to persuade that the Karabagh conflict has no religious
underlying reason.