Levon Ter-Petrosyan meets U.S. ambassador

First Armenian President, leader of Armenian National Congress (HAK) Party Levon Ter-Petrosyan met today with U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern. The meeting took place at the American ambassador’s initiative, the press service of HAK said.

At the request of J. Heffern, Levon Ter-Petrosyan spoke about the internal political situation in Armenia, systemic corruption, human rights violations, emigration from the country, and the tradition of constant electoral fraud, which he said are the main challenges facing Armenia.

The first president of Armenia also touched upon cooperation of the four non-government political forces, in particular the 12 demands they presented to the Armenian authorities, and their further actions.

Issues related to regional cooperation and security, particularly the Karabakh conflict settlement, were also discussed at the meeting.

The first secretary of the embassy Christopher Anderson, deputy chairman of HAK Levon Zurabyan and HAK board member Avetis Avagyan participated in the meeting.