ARF-D Will Participate in President’s Pan-Armenian Tour¦ If Invited

Tert.am
14:08 ¢ 25.09.09

President Serzh Sargsyan annnounced to Catholicos of All Armenians His
Holiness Karekin II yesterday his plans for a `Pan-Armenian Tour.’
Beginning on October 1, the Armenian president will travel to Paris,
New York, Los Angeles, Beirut and Rostov-na-Donu (Rostov-on-Don) to
discuss the process of establishing Armenian-Turkish relations with
local Armenian community members in those cities.

Tert.am asked Armenian Revolutionary Federation ` Dashnaktsutyun
(ARF-D) political affairs director Giro Manoyan whether Diasporan
ARF-D representatives will be participating in these meetings. Manoyan
responded by saying they will participate in those discussions if they
receive an invitation to do so.

Manoyan also noted that a pan-Armenian tour provides a good
opportunity for President Sargsyan to understand the opinion of the
Armenian people.

`Since our concerns are shared by those both inside and outside
Armenia. And by hearing those concerns, Serzh Sargsyan will be guided
in the right direction,’ said Manoyan.

Tert.am

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS