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The Heritage Party
31 Moscovian Street
Yerevan, Armenia
Tel.: (+374 – 10) 53.69.13
Fax: (+374 – 10) 53.26.97
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
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April 30, 2007
Raffi: From Brussels to Ararat
Yerevan–Today, April 30, Raffi K. Hovannisian returned to Armenia and
immediately headed for the Ararat region to talk with his fellow citizens in
Khor Virap, Surenavan, Ararat, Vedi, Aygavan, Artashat, Verin Artashat,
Aygezard, Dalar, Masis, and Nor Kharberd.
Hovannisian had spent the past three days at the annual Brussels Forum of
world leaders. In a special session devoted to democratic prospects, he had
tied the quality of the upcoming elections to Armenia’s development,
political maturity, and reputation in the eyes of the international
community.
During the conference, Hovannisian met with Prince Philippe of the Kingdom
of Belgium; Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus; Turkish Parliamentarian
Egemen Bagis; CNN Correspondent Jim Bittermann; Daniel Fried, Assistant
Secretary of State of the United States; BBC World Anchor Nik Gowing; United
States Congressman Darrell Issa; Claude Misson, Director General of The
Royal Institute for International Relations; Vyacheslav Nikonov, President
of the Polity Foundation; Vesna Pusic, Deputy Speaker of the Croatian
Parliament; Pawel Zalewski, Member of Poland’s Sejm and Chairman of the
Foreign Policy Committee; and Robert B. Zoellick, Vice Chairman of
International Goldman Sachs.
Founded in 2002, Heritage has regional divisions throughout the land. Its
central office is located at 31 Moscovian Street, Yerevan 0002, Armenia,
with telephone contact at (374-10) 536.913, fax at (374-10) 532.697, email
at [email protected] or [email protected], and website at