19/06/2013 11:22
Zhoghovurd: Heritage Party not invited to EPP summit
Unlike the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), Heritage Party has not been invited to the summit of European People’s Party (EPP), although both political forces have observer status in EPP. There is an opinion that such an attitude to Heritage Party is conditioned by the decline in the party’s political weight in the opposition field, “Zhoghovurd” writes.
However, Heritage Party secretary Stepan Safarian told the paper that their nonparticipation is not a violation of the regulations of EPP. “According to the regulations of EPP, opposition parties participate only in the event that the government of their country has no party which is a member of that political force. We did not attend the previous summit either,” Safarian said.