Disturbed politico-military balance in region after 44-day war poses  new security threats to Armenia - ARF

ArmInfo. Global changes accompanied by wars, the absence of international law and effective  deterrence mechanisms pose challenges to the security of the existence of the Armenian statehood and the viability of Armenian communities. This is stated in the statement of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun", adopted following the results of the 35th general congress of the party. The text of the statement was presented on  March 10 at a press conference in Yerevan by member of the ARF Bureau Lilit Galstyan. 

According to her, the 35th Congress of the ARF was convened at a time  of serious geopolitical and internal challenges for the Republic of  Armenia and all Armenians, the occupation of the Republic of Artsakh,  the genocide in Artsakh and existential threats to the Armenian  statehood. The disturbed military-political balance in the region  after the 44-day war, the continuing militant ambitions of Azerbaijan  and the false peace agenda adopted by the Armenian authorities create  new threats to the security of the Armenian state.  "For both the  Turkish-Azerbaijani tandem and the current Armenian authorities, the  main target for attack is the values of national identity and the  forces that carry national ideology. The security and governance  crisis in Armenia, the government's actions to incite internal  hostility and split the diaspora are exacerbating public despair,"  the statement said.

Having considered the situation, the 35th Congress of the ARF  Dashnaktsutyun declared its strategic goal at the decisive stage of  the struggle for the construction of a competitive, qualitatively new  national state and the preservation of the Armenian identity. 

Accordingly, the strategic priorities of the party are established,  including strengthening the independent statehood of Armenia,  restoring territorial integrity and sovereignty, building a  democratic, legal, social state in accordance with the letter and  spirit of the Declaration of Independence. The task of the ARF will  also include national unification around the agenda of the liberation  of Artsakh, the implementation of international legal and political  guarantees for the collective return of the Armenians of Artsakh and  the implementation of other fundamental rights of the Artsakh people,  strengthening the Armenian army, defense and security systems,

"Pursuing the right to international recognition and compensation for  the Armenian Genocide, the party advocates the adoption of a foreign  policy based on national and state interests and overcoming security  threats, organizational strengthening of the Diaspora, national and  political consolidation around pan- Armenian agendas," Lilit Galstyan  noted. At the same time, the ARF Dashnaktsutyun congress believes  that a change of power is a necessary condition for ending the  anti-national and anti-state course of the Armenian authorities,  ensuring the security of the Motherland, creating a viable Armenian  state, establishing social justice, overcoming the comprehensive  internal crisis and implementing the strategic goals of the ARF. "The  party is determined and ready to create national unity around the  agenda of preserving and developing statehood and national identity,"  the statement emphasizes.

On March 6, the 35th General Congress of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun"  concluded its work in Tsaghkadzor, following the results of the  meeting, a new composition of the ARF Bureau was elected. It included  Armen Rustamyan, Lilit Galstyan, Taron Tonoyan, Arsen Ambartsumyan,  Sevan Danielyan, Khazhak Mkrtchyan, Taron Ter-Khachaturyan, Hovsep  Ter-Gevorgyan, Murad Papazyan, Hakob Bagratuni, Raffi Tonapetyan.   The newly elected Bureau of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" elected Armen  Rustamyan as a representative of the ARF Bureau.