LEADERS OF "HERITAGE" ARMENIAN PARTY DISCUSS DOMESTIC, REGIONAL ISSUES WITH EUROPEAN AMBASSADORS
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 2 2007
YEREVAN, July 2. /ARKA/. Members of the parliament group of "Heritage"
Armenian opposition party discussed domestic and regional issues with
the delegation of Ambassadors of EU member-countries.
The delegation of European Ambassadors consisted of Wendellin Heitmeyer
(Austria), Bruno Genne (France), Eberhard Koelsch (Germany), Peteris
Elfertz (Latvia), Stelian Stoyan (Romania), Alexander Alekseev (Russia)
and Per Sjorgen (Sweden).
The participants addressed issues of Armenia’s democratic development,
settlements of the conflicts in the Caucasus and Europe, as well as
regional and geopolitical security challenges.
In presenting the opinion of "Heritage" on the issues, the leader
of the parliament group of the party Raffi Hovhannisian expressed
regrets that despite the current practice and Armenia’s commitments
members of "Heritage" and other opposition parties were not involved
in the Armenian delegation to participate in the summer session of
PACE in Strasbourg.
In the Armenian parliament election on May 12 "Heritage" party gained
seven seats in the new parliament. "Orintats Erkir" opposition party
received 9 parliamentary mandates.
"Heritage" is a party of national-liberal trend founded in 2002 by
the first Armenian Foreign Minister Raffi Hovhannisian. The party
has close ties with the Armenian community of USA and image of
West-oriented party.
Members of the party number 5,000 people currently.