POLITICAL MASS-MEETING IN FRONT OF US EMBASSY
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19-01-2005
Representatives of several youth organizations carried out political
mass- meeting from Opera square towards US embassy in Armenia
today. The action was guided by `Baze’ union. Main participants were
the representatives of youth branches of Republican, RAF and Orinats
Erkir parties and NGOs.
The main goal was that several youth organizations express their
indignation with the statement of Secretary of State Elizabeth Johns
that – It is necessary to stop the corruption in Nagorno-Karabakh and
remove the ruling criminal chains. Thus as far us the participants of
the mass-meeting were the representatives of Armenian ruling parties
this meeting can be considered as `mass-meeting of the government of
Armenia in front of US Embassy».
The whole action was controlled by police forces; the participants
closed the Bagramyan Avenue. The police was protecting the
participants by forming a life chain around them and controlling the
traffic.
The following statement could be seen on the posters `Shame on
Elizabeth Johns ‘, `No, to double standards’ which attracted the
attention of people who three months ago participated in mass meeting
`Against Terrorism’. It is noteworthy that the mass meeting in the
memory of victims of October 27 organized by `Ardarutyun’ union last
year also took place on Bagramyan Avenue close to US Embassy but there
was no police protection from traffic or any other accident.