On December 8, members of oppositional Republic party Aram Sargsyan and Artak Zeynalyan met with the representatives of Freedom House in Washington.

The Executive Director David Kramer and Sam Patten, Senior Program Manager on Eurasia, as well as other Freedom House representatives were present at the meeting.

Aram Sargsyan and Artak Zeynalyan presented situation in Armenia after March 1, 2008 events, as well as discussed issues related to political prisoners, freedom of press, the matters concerning democracy and human rights, Voice of America reported.

The Republic party members stressed importance of the presence of political prisoners in Armenia. Aram Sargsyan noted that major part of March 1 prisoners were released under the pressure of international agencies. According to him, pressure should be continued for the rest 10 political prisoners to be released.