Nationalist Group Supports Levon Ter-Petrossian
RFE/RL reports that a minor hard-line nationalist group opposed to concessions in negotiations with Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh has come out in support of former president Levon Ter-Petrossian ahead of next month’s presidential election.
The development followed individual endorsements of Ter-Petrosian’s presidential bid made by the HKH’s two top leaders controversially jailed by the authorities. Zhirayr Sefilian and Vartan Malkhasian were arrested and charged with plotting a coup d’etat in December 2005 just days after holding the founding conference of the HKH. The group’s main stated aim is to prevent the return of any of the Armenian-controlled lands in Azerbaijan proper surrounding Karabakh.
- Published:
- 01.16.08 / 6pm by Onnik
- Category:
- Armenia, Armenia Presidential Election 2008, Arrests, Azerbaijan, Candidates, Nagorno Karabakh, News Briefs
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