There have been three movements in Armenia since independence: Levon Zurabyan

There have been three movements in the newly independent Armenia, coordinator of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) Levon Zurabyan said today as he addressed at the 16th congress of the Armenian Pan-National Movement Party (HHSh), adding that today the movements emerge very quickly.

According to Zurabyan the first real movements was HHSh, the second one were those gathered around Stepan Demirchyan and Aram Sargsyan in 2003-2005, and the third one, in his words, is HAK, which “has again unified the Armenian nation around sacred objectives and is not simply an alliance among 18 parties but a an entity that unifies the aims of the Armenian nation.”

Referring to the March 1 events Zurabyan said that after that the authorities started targeting HHSh by arresting and persecuting some of its members. In his words three out of all the political prisoners kept under detention related to the March are HHSh members.

Further Zurabyan spoke about the support that HHSh provided HAK with in terms of coordinating the work in local bodies and strengthening international ties.