IN DIFFERENCE TO SOME POLITICAL FORCES, ARFD IS FINANCED BY ARMENIANS
LIVING ABROAD, VAHAN HOVHANNISIAN SAYS

Y EREVAN, MAY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The 30rd general meeting of ARFD calls
Diasporan Armenians for receiving RA citizenship. As NA deputy, ARFD
Bureau member Vahan Hovhannisian said at the May 29 press conference,
all foreign members of ARFD Bureau have already launched the process of
being granted RA citizenship.

Touching upon the assertions of the media supporting the Armenian
National Movement (ANM) that ARFD receives financial assistance from
"outside," V. Hovhannisian said that wherever they live, ARFD members
are Armenianns and have joined the party giving an oath to serve the
Armenian people. "And the centers that have been financing some
Armenian political groupings have nothing in common either with
Armenians or with our national interests," V. Hovhannisian said adding
that it is the supporters of first RA President Levon Ter-Petrosian and
the newspapers supporting him that should first of all see that
difference. He also said that the party is financed by membership fees
and donations aimed at implementation of concrete programs.