March 1, at 7:30 p.m. the rally of Armenian National Congress (ANC) ended in Yerevan. RA Former President and ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan delivered a 50-minute long speech at the meeting. He referred to 2008 post-presidential events, as well as touched upon Armenia-Turkey reconciliation and the current stage of Karabakh peace process.

The opposition representatives declared the next republican rally will be held on April 6-on the day of the opening of Human Rights Protection Congress in Armenia.

Presently, thousands of opposition supporters are marching down the Mashtots Avenue escorted by the police, chanting anti-governmental slogans. They visited the places where bloody events took place two years ago. The demonstrators laid flowers to Myasnikyan monument and paid tribute to March 1 victims. No incident between the oppositionists and law enforcement agents was reported.

L.A.