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The 58th Regional Convention of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Western United States of America took place from June 28 to 30, 2024, at the Armenian Center in Montebello, with the participation of the region’s 17 local chapters, the Shant Student Association chapter, and AYF delegations. The assembly was attended by the ARF Bureau Chairperson, accompanied by the Bureau’s representative to the Western U.S.A. region, along with representatives of the ARF Central Committees of Eastern USA and Canada.
The 58th Regional Convention was convened under exceptional national and internal organizational circumstances, as our homeland and the Armenian people worldwide are facing existential challenges, and the current government of the Republic of Armenia is seized by a regime that is serving the enemy with its anti-Armenian, nation-destroying, and homeland-destroying policies of concession.
The 58th Regional Convention of the ARF Western United States condemns the current government of Armenia for its failures to protect the Armenian nation in its constitutional duties, ceding Artsakh and hundreds of square kilometers of Armenia’s sovereign territories to the enemy, leaving defenseless the the citizens of Armenia, the Armenians of Artsakh, along with its military and political leadership and prisoners held in Baku.
The Western USA region expresses its unwavering support to our displaced compatriots from Artsakh and to the efforts towards forming a national and pro-Armenian government in Armenia.
The 58th Regional Convention was also exceptional in that the meeting aimed to provide a final and comprehensive solution to the organizational disagreements that arose in the ARF Western U.S.A. region. The assembly meticulously evaluated the aforementioned issues and unanimously decided to definitively restore normalcy in its activities both within the community and in our national life.
The Regional Convention, after reviewing issues related to the Armenian Cause, organizational matters, political, public relations, economic, and youth issues, also addressed the expanding new needs of our community, the preservation of its national identity, the revitalization of ecclesiastical and national life, and the activities of sister organizations, and made the appropriate decisions.
The Regional Convention elected a new Central Committee for the ARF Western USA region for the next two years.
ARF Western U.S. Elects New Central Committee
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Western United States of America (ARF WUSA) concluded its 58th Regional Convention in Montebello, California on June 30, 2024. The Convention issued a statement and elected a new ARF WUSA Central Committee for a term of two years, comprised of the following individuals:
Garo Madenlian – Chair
Anush Chalian – Secretary
Vicken Babikian – Treasurer
Daron Der Khachadourian
Armen Hovannisan
Levon Baronian
Armen Chalian
Tro Krikorian
Rafi Kuyumjian
Hilda Saliba
Khatchig Tazian
ARF Western U.S.A. 58th Regional Convention
May, 30, 2024, Montebello
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NPR News: 07-02-2024 1PM EDT
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrived in Kiev on Tuesday morning for talks with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, Orban’s press chief Bertalan Havasi announced.
“The opportunity for achieving peace will be the main topic of the meeting,” Hungarian news agency MTI quoted Havasi as saying. According to him, Orban and Zelensky “will also discuss current issues facing bilateral relations between Hungary and Ukraine.”
It is Orban’s first visit to Kiev since hostilities broke out in Ukraine. Unlike other EU leaders, the Hungarian premier has opposed sending weapons to the Ukrainian army as he favors resolving the conflict peacefully.
Orban and Zelensky talked briefly during the EU summit in Brussels late last week. Earlier, he Ukrainian leader invited the Hungarian prime minister to visit Kiev. They have held several short meetings on the sidelines of international events in the past two and a half years, but never had substantial talks.
In a phone conversation on May 8, Zelensky invited Orban to the Swiss conference on Ukraine, but the invitation was rejected. At the forum held at the Burgenstock resort on June 15-16, Hungary was represented by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.
Earlier, the Hungarian government has repeatedly said that the time is not yet ripe for Orban’s visit to Kiev or a full-fledged meeting with Zelensky. Hungary insisted on the inclusion of its 11 demands regarding minorities in the framework agreement for negotiations on Ukraine’s EU accession.
Source: Itar Tass
On July 3, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will be on an official visit to Tbilisi. This is reported by the RA MFA.
Minister Mirzoyan will meet with high-ranking officials of Georgia.
The meeting with Minister Ilya Darchiashvili will be held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, after which the ministers will make statements to the press.