YEREVAN. – Armenia’s opposition Heritage Party Chairman Raffi Hovannisian will head to the Azerbaijani capital city Baku, on Wednesday, to attend and address at the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), Hovannisian himself informed during a press conference on the same day. 

Heritage had participated in one such event before. This time the party had received an invitation several months ago, but it had declined because Azerbaijan is not worthy of holding an international conference.    

The ICAPP organizers, however, gave security guarantees and pledged an equal opportunity to express views at the conference. Hovannisian will head to Baku alone.

“I decided to accept the invitation and I will leave for Baku today [Wednesday]. One thing you can be sure of, and that is, no deviation will be made from the trinity that has been the core of the agenda of my allegiance: civil rights, national interest, and sovereignty of the state,” Raffi Hovannisian noted.       

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