WASHINGTON D.C. – On official visit to the American capital, leader of Heritage party Raffi Hovannisian met today with Deputy Secretary of State Eric Rubin.

In a private meeting at the Department of State, they discussed not only Armenia’s domestic democratic challenges, but also its international challenges, including a righteous resolution to the Karabakh conflict and a true recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

At the same day Hovannisian delivered a keynote address to an audience of diplomats, policy-makers, and intellectuals at the George Washington University Law School. The event, “A Conversation on Armenia,” was co-sponsored by the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Policy Forum Armenia, and the Armenian Bar Association.

After the event he gave interviews to representatives of the local and international media.