SYDNEY: The Armenian Revolutionary Federation's (ARF) Australia chapter has announced it will dedicate the 125th Anniversary of the ARF to the Artsakh Liberation Movement, and has invited international guests to help celebrate this milestone in Sydney and Melbourne.

Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) Member of Parliament, Davit Ishkhanyan will be the keynote political guest at the celebrations in Sydney and Melbourne.

Ishkhanyan heads the ARF Parliamentary Bloc in the NKR Parliament, and serves as the Chairman of the ARF Artsakh Central Committee.

Superstar singers, Ruben Sassounci, Gohar Hovhannisyan and Aghasi Ispiryan will also be visiting Australia from Armenia for the events, which begin on the 27th of November, 2015.



Haig Kayserian, the Chairman of the ARF Australia Tro Gomide, explained why the ARF in Australia decided to dedicate their organisation's 125th Anniversary to the Artsakh Liberation Movement.

"The 125-year history of the ARF is filled with chapters and pages that have defined our organisation - from our founding in 1890, to the Armenian Genocide in 1915, Armenia's First Republic of 1918, Operation Nemesis, organisation in Diaspora, our current Hai Tahd movement, among many other chapters," Kayserian explained.

"The Artsakh Liberation Movement, in which the ARF had a very active role in helping achieve freedom for the persecuted Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh, is one of the more recent and bright chapters."

He added: "ARF Australia has decided to use the 125th Anniversary of our organisation to shine a light on this important achievement, to celebrate it, to learn more about it, and to understand how we in Australia can help ensure the achieved peace is sustained in the face of Artsakh's geo-political and socio-economic challenges."

On Friday, the 27th of November, a Sydney Concert has been organised at Norths Leagues Club (CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS), which will feature performances from singers Ruben Sassounci, Gohar Hovhannisyan and Aghasi Ispiryan.

On Saturday, the 28th of November, a Melbourne Dinner Dance is being organised, which will also features the singers, as well as a keynote address by MP Davit Ishkhanyan.

On Sunday, the 29th of November, The Concourse in Chatswood will be host to the main ARF 125th Anniversary Special Program, dedicated to the Artsakh Liberation Movement.

Ishkhanyan will keynote this program, which will feature theatre and dance from the Sydney-Armenian community's cultural groups, as well as a special appearance from the singers, Ruben Sassounci, Gohar Hovhannisyan and Aghasi Ispiryan.

The first-ever Artsakh Conference will be held on the following Saturday, the 5th of December at Galstaun College's Nalbandian Hall. This educational event will feature Ishkhanyan, along with other speakers, discussing the past, present and future of Nagorno Karabakh.

More details of these events will be revealed in due course.