Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian doesn't view his visit to Baku this week as a heroic deed. During his Wednesday meeting with the press independent Armenia's first foreign minister said if he has a chance he will go to Baku again, because it is a service that every Armenian should offer in order to advocate the Armenian side of the Nagorno Karabakh issue.
Participating in the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) held in Baku on November 22-23, Hovannisian made an appeal to Azerbaijan to recognize Nagorno Karabakh stating that it is as much a post-Soviet state as Azerbaijan itself. His participation in the conference stirred a scandal, when on the last day Hovannisian in his attempt to respond to Azeri's anti-Armenian claims asked for a chance to speak, but was denied. Moreover, Turkish and Azeri participants raised a clamor, pounding fists on their tables, and causing a commotion that drowned out Hovannisian's comments.
Armenian News
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