Tert.am

Dashnaktsutyun to Participate in Pan-Armenian Tour
12:21 ¢ 26.09.09

President of the Republic of Armenia Staff Deputy Head Vigen Sargsyan,
speaking with journalists yesterday, responded to Tert.am’s question
of whether invitations to participate in discussions during the
president’s Pan-Armenian Tour have been extended to Armenian
Revolutionary Federation ` Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) party’s leaders.

As previously noted, the main reason of the tour is to become familiar
with the Armenian Diaspora’s opinions on the process of establishing
Armenian-Turkish relations.

`It’s evident that Dashnaktsutyun has a significant role in all these
communities, and to hold discussions without them is meaningless,’
noted Sargsyan, adding an invitation has been extended to ARF-D, as it
was when they were discussing this issue with party leaders.

As reported yesterday, ARF-D political affairs director Giro Manoyan
had advised Tert.am that ARF-D’s presence during this dicussions would
occur only if they received an invitation.

Vigen Sargsyan noted that ARF-D plays a particularly large role in
those Diasporan communities that are part of the Pan-Armenian Tour.