On September 17, at 7:00 p.m. local time the Armenian National Congress (ANC) started a rally in Yerevan, near Matenadaran.

The ANC Leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Chairman of People’s Party of Armenia Stepan Demirchyan, Chairman of Republic Party Aram Sargsyan, as well as other ANC representatives are taking part in the rally.

Chairman of the Armenian National Movement (ANM) Aram Manukyan congratulated the participants on the Armenian Independence Day in his opening speech. He stressed the ANC will go on struggling by continuing its activities, holding numerous meetings and rallies. “No Congress-forming party has fallen back, and we will go on struggling for victory,” Manukyan said.