May 2003

21 NCI coordinator Hrach Hakobian attends presentation of a compendium on “2003 Presidential Elections in Armenia.”

22 Hrach Hakobian meets Social-Democratic Party leader Aram Martirosian.

NCI founder Raffi K. Hovannisian receives US Ambassador John Ordway; head of the OSCE Election Observation Mission Ambassador Robert Barry; Linda Duffield, director for Wider Europe of the United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and British Ambassador Thorda Abbott-Watt.

23 Hovannisian’s meetings are reported by Noyan Tapan, Arminfo, and Orran daily.

27 Raffi Hovannisian comments for the international and local press corps on Richard G. Hovannisian’s accomplishments, the 85^th anniversary of the first Republic of Armenia, and the past parliamentary elections.