Young Republicans of the US Republican Party in Chicago, United States of America hosted annual convention
National Federation of Young Republicans of the US Republican Party in Chicago, United States of America hosted annual convention recently. Mr. Armen Arzumanyan - a Council Member of the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists, PAP Political Council Member was participated in the meeting as an international delegate. The meeting agenda was quite full, elections of the President and the Chief Executives of Young Republicans were held, along with a number of debates, seminars and conferences. Reference was made to the world's current and the most important political, socio-economic questions. The members of the meeting were delegates from the States, congressmen and politicians, international delegates from more than 15 countries, and the total number of delegates and participants exceeded 600. Armen Arzumanyan welcomed participants in his speech, highlighted the importance of international delegates' participation in such events that create a unique platform of political cooperation between countries. He referred to the Republic of Armenia's economic, social and political situation and regional developments, particularly to the membership to the Eurasian Economic Union, European Union relations and to the Nagorni Karabakh issues. In his speech, Armen Arzumanyan, among other issues, expressed hope that next US president will recognize the historical reality and will fulfill steps towards the US recognition of the Armenian Genocide. The US president candidates have not avoided promising to utter the word Genocide in their campaign speeches but there are still no positive developments to this direction. Surely, it must be stated, that such high-level international discussions and meetings play an important role in political and economic cooperation between countries and make a common platform to engage in productive work, and this event resulted practical arrangements between Prosperous Armenia Party and the US Republican Party to develop new directions of cooperation, further joint activities, exchange programs with both young and experienced politicians. Both sides have expressed a willingness to pursue with greater enthusiasm and big will.