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    UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO INTERVIEW LEVON TER-PETROSIAN

    Azg/arm
    11 Dec 04


    All Armenian Movement Gets Separated Again

    First RA president Levon Ter-Petrosian joined the 14th Congress of the
    All-Armenian Movement five minutes late. His entrance to the
    sittingsâ=80=99 hall of the government aroused the obvious excitement
    of the participants. It seemed tome that Ter-Petrosian's delay was
    artificially staged. On the other hand, it seemed that AAM exists for
    the only hope of Ter-Petrosian's return.Doubtlessly, the participants
    of the sitting are the very group of people that are readyto urge for
    the first RA president's return.

    Before taking his seat in the first row Ter-Petrosian greeted the
    members of his party, shook the hand of progressive-liberal Hovhannes
    Hovhannisian, then sat down next to Samvel Gevorgian. The political
    figures sitting behind him were likely to enjoy his presence. Indeed,
    there can be historic moments inthe life of each political figure.

    The journalists failed to interview Levon Ter-Petrosian. He was
    smoking and talking to his acquaintances during the breaks. At the
    congress he listenedto the speeches on the unprecedented massacres of
    the Western Armenians in 1895-96, the Armenians Genocide of 1915 and
    the final loss of the Western Armenia, as well as on the loss of the
    Eastern Armenia's great part in 1918-1921. In its adopted formula the
    14th Congress of AAM condemned the Armenian ideology based on
    national-socialistic ideas in all these tragedies, instead of
    condemning the Ottoman Empire in that.

    "The freedom of speech is banned, journalists and the mass media
    become targets of terrorism, left-wing TV channels are being closed,"
    this is another extract from the formula of AAM Congress. Ararat
    Zourabian, chairman of theparty, emphasized the closing of A1+ channel
    in his speech. But was it right to talk of the freedom of speech in
    the presence of the first RA president? On December 28, 1994, all the
    mass media reflecting the ideas of Armenian Revolutionary Party
    Dashnaktsutyun were closed and robbed during one night.

    The leaders of some parties separated from AAM were not present at the
    congress. Babken Ararktsian, Alexander Arzoumanian, Ara Sahakian were
    not at the sitting hall. Henry Cuni, French ambassador to Armenia,
    accepted the invitation to be present at the congress. Aram Sargsian
    represented Hanrapetutiun Party, while Stepan Demirchian, leader of
    the People's Party of Armenia was absent.

    Ararat Zourabian stated in his speech at the congress that the regime
    that seized the power continues its activities that destroy the base
    of the Armenian state. According to Zourabian, in the Nagorno Karabakh
    issue, NKR doesnâ=80=99t participate in the negotiation process, and
    the conflict became a territorial quarrel between Armenia and
    Azerbaijan.

    Zourabian emphasized that Armenia is excluded from the regional
    security, energetic and transportation systems, there is no progress
    fixed in the Armenian- Turkish relations, while the relations between
    Russia and Armenia were characterized as those between the master and
    the slave. As for "Property against Debt" project, it endangers the
    independence of Armenia, he said.

    The leaders of the party keep saying that the All Armenian Movement
    can be a part of the nation-wide movement against the current regime
    in Armenia.

    BY Tatoul Hakobian
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