Armen Martirosyan: Heritage stands for protection of human rights and state interestsJuly 10, 2010 - 14:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On July 10, the 6th congress of Heritage party kicked off in Yerevan with participation of around 400 delegates. Besides, Arthur Ghazaryan from the ARF Dashnaktsutyun and representative of Sardarapat movement Zhirayr Sefilyan were invited to the party’s congress. As a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from the scene, Chairman of the party’s board Armen Martirosyan delivered a report. According to Martirosyan, Heritage has always supported strengthening of democracy, as well as protection of human rights and state interests. Besides, Martirosyan noted that Heritage stands for recognition of NKR’s independence, which is the only way for Karabakh conflict settlement. “Heritage also seeks an unbiased investigation into the March 1, 2008, events and release of all political prisoners. Approving the report, participants proceeded to nomination of candidates for party’s new board to be made up of 11 members. Head of the parliamentary group Stepan Safaryan automatically becomes the board member under the party’s charter, thus, voting will be held for the remaining 10 seats. Later, the board will elect a new chairman of Heritage party during a separate sitting. 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. |