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    PRESS RELEASE
    HERITAGE PARTY
    7 Vazgen Sargsian Street
    Yerevan 375033, Armenia
    Tel: (+374 - 10) 580.877
    Fax: (+374 - 10) 52.48.46
    E-mail: [email protected]

    May 30, 2005

    HERITAGE HOLDS PARTY CONGRESS, ELECTS HOVANNISIAN

    Yerevan, May 30 - HERITAGE, a national liberal party, held its third
    congress at the government conference facility here today.

    Attended by 700 delegates from Yerevan and across Armenia, officials
    from the foreign diplomatic corps, media representatives and invited
    guests, the convention elected Raffi K. Hovannisian, the Republic's
    first minister of foreign affairs, as its chairman.

    The newly elected executive board comprises high school principal
    Anahit Bakhshian; former minister of state Hratch Hakobian; law
    professor Hrair Tovmasian; theology professor Vardan Khatchatrian;
    Health and Humanitarian Assistance Center director Anania Maghakian;
    teacher and Artsakh war veteran Davit Badalian; airline executive
    Gevorg Kalenchian; and economics professor Zoya Tadevosian.

    The day's agenda included an invocation by Father Haikazun Mkrtchian
    of the Armenian Apostolic Church; a moment of silence in tribute to
    Armenia's fallen heroes; greetings by academician Rafael Ghazarian,
    People's party chairman Stepan Demirchian, Republic party chairman Aram
    Sargsian, Progressive Liberal party chairman Hovhannes Hovhannisian,
    National Democratic party chairman Shavarsh Kocharian, Socialist
    Union chairman Ashot Manucharian, and Self-Determination Union
    chairman Paruir Hairikian; the adoption of HERITAGE's charter,
    program, and proclamation; and the election of its constitutional
    and audit commissions.

    Raffi Hovannisian's "state of the state" address noted the presence
    of war hero General Arkadiy Ter-Tadevosian, world-renowned conductor
    Ohan Durian, and boxing champion Israel Hakobkokhian; offered the
    connection between the Armenian nation's past heritage and future
    legacy; set forth the priority benchmarks of state sovereignty,
    national unity, civil liberty, and the rule of law; identified the
    key challenges of the country's domestic and international life;
    introduced a ten-point plan for resolution and peace in Karabagh and
    the broader neighborhood; discussed the pivotal need for the greater
    good to regulate Turkish-Armenian relations based on an assumption
    of history; and called for an immediate nationwide transformation
    of state and society based on true democracy, citizen's rights,
    and national security.

    Founded in 2003, HERITAGE has local chapters throughout the land. Its
    main office is located at 7 Vazgen Sargsian Street, Yerevan 375001,
    Armenia, with telephone contact at (374-10)580.877, fax at 543.897,
    and email at [email protected]. The complete Armenian transcript
    of Hovannisian's speech can be accessed via www.nci.am.
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