Heritage party leader travels to Baku for conference![]() November 21, 2012 - 13:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Heritage party chairman and presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian travels to Baku to take part in and address the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) scheduled for Nov 22-23. In view of Raffi Hovannisian's participation in ICAPP's previous convention held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia — together with his initial declination to attend the Baku meeting because of the host government's release and glorification of a convicted Azerbaijani axe murderer of a young Armenian colleague — the leadership of ICAPP agreed to offer him a secure and equal opportunity to address the Assembly which this year will convene on the stated theme of "Security, Peace and Reconciliation in Asia." ![]() ![]() Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |