AN ARMENIAN OPPOSITION LEADER TO PARTICIPATE IN US WORLD LEADERS FORUMJuly 19, 2004 - 18:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Leader of the Justice bloc of opposition forces Stepan Demirchian has left for the US to participate in the World Leaders' Forum, which will be held in Boston July 25-29. As reported by the bloc office, Demirchian was invited to participate in the forum by former US State Secretary Madeleine Albright. According to the source, in the course of the visit Demirchian will also participate in a recurrent congress of the Democratic Party and will meet with representatives of the Armenian community. It should be noted that Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian was also invited for the World Leaders' Forum. However, in the words of a Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, he refused to participate due to being busy. Top stories 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. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. Partner news | Freedom House: “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” Freedom House has published a report summary titled “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” Aliyev: Change in Armenia’s Constitution key for singing peace deal Ilham Aliyev has declared that most important condition for signing a peace agreement is for Armenia to change its Constitution. U.S. sees “extraordinary” opportunity for peace between Armenia, Azerbaijan U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken believes there is an “extraordinary” opportunity to reach a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Viva: Armenia's leading technology company introduces a new trademark The updated brand Viva reflects a qualitatively new level of digital services. |