LEVON TER-PETROSYAN VISITED THE ARF "SIMON VRATSYAN" CENTRE
September 29, 2007
On September 29 at the ARF "Simon Vratsyan" centre, chairman of the
ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Bureau Hrant Margaryan and chairman of the ARF Supreme
Body of Armenia Armen Rustamyan received former president Levon
Ter-Petrosyan and former minister of foreign affairs Alexander Arzumanyan.
The initiative belonged to Levon Ter-Petrosyan.
Issues related to the domestic situation in the Republic of Armenia and the
forthcoming presidential elections were discussed. The parties emphasized
the importance of ideological-political debate at the current stage.
Following the meeting, Hrant Margaryan stated that the fact that the meeting
took place is more important than the issues discussed. "The first
president, Levon Ter-Petrosyan had wished to meet and we agreed, because a
refusal would have been inexplicable; it would have been holding a grudge
and would not have been a political position."
Margaryan also stated that "both sides intentionally refrained from
referring to the past, we discussed more the future. After all, for the
future, in order to have internal, national agreement in this country it is
important that even ideologically opposed political parties are able to
respect each other. There weren’t any specific issues discussed or
agreements reached at. In general the discussion was that we are in a
struggle and every struggle has its rules and that those rules should be
mutually respected," explained Margaryan.
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