The author and the host of the talk-show Mr. Arthur Bakhtamyan discusses the issue with Director of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Science, Ashot Melqonyan and political scientist Ara Papian. Both speakers were unanimous about the question of liberation of Western Armenian lands using both historical facts and principles of International Law.

2007 July 19 - Ayas Club, Yerevan, Armenia

Meeting with the crew of Cilicia sailing vessel. Presentation of the Arbitral Award of President Wilson.

Meeting with artists (writers, sculptors, painters etc.) and presentation of the Arbitral Award of President Wilson.

Discussion with scholars (historians, lawyers, philosophers) on different issues of Armenian-Turkish boundary.

Meeting with students and presentation of the Arbitral Award of President Wilson.

2007 June 25 - National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia

Meeting with students of Abovyan Yerevan State Pedagogical University. Presentation of the Arbitral Award of President Wilson.

Meeting with AUA students. Ara Papian presented the possibilites of application of Treaty of Sevres (10 August 1920) and Arbitral Award of President Wilson nowadays using International Law principles. The meeting was notable for the presence of Mr. Kiro Manoyan (Political director, ARF Bureau) who also answered the questions of participants and presented the ARF attitude about Armenian-Turkish boundary and future evolution of relationships between Armenia and Turkey. Both speakers una voce agreed with the urgency and feasibility of resolving the issues of Armenian Genocide and Western Armenian territories on the platform of International Law using all available legal documentation (Treaty of Sevres, Arbitral Award of President Wilson, Treaty of Lausanne) and a thousand pages of Archive documentation.

2007 June 08 - Armenian Genocide Museum, Yerevan, Armenia

Meeting with representatives of different Western Armenian Compatriot Unions (Vaspourakan Nor Serund, Khnous, Erzrum etc.). Presentation of the Arbitral Award of President Wilson.

2007 June 08 - Special Opinion, Kentron TV

Interview on the legal status of Armenian-Turkish boundary.

2007 June 05 - Common Ground NGO, Yerevan, Armenia

2007 May 25 - Vazgen Sargsyan Military Institute, Yerevan, Armenia

Meeting with the officer staff within the bounds of celebration of May 28 Independence Day of the First Republic of Armenia. Ara Papian presented the speech The Battle of Sardarapat. The Treaty of Sevres and its Legal Consequences. He dwelled upon historical importance of May battles at the beginning of 20th century in restoration of Armenian Statehood, which actually led to the proclamation of the first Republic of Armenia on 28 May 1918. Mr. Papian emphasized the current applicability of the Treaty of Sevres (10 August 1920) from International Law viewpoint and refuted the common public opinion about invalidity of this legal document. According to the Treaty of Sevres and the Arbitral Award of President Wilson, the current Armenian-Turkish border is invalid. The legal-valid western boundary of the Republic of Armenia includes 4 vilayets (Erzroum, Trapizon, Van and Bitlis) with free access to the Black Sea. The speaker presented also the human and material damages the Armenian Nation suffered during the Armenian Genocide in 1915-1923. The world-scattered Armenian nation and the whole civilized society of the world are still waiting for Turkey's answer: the Armenian Genocide must be recognized and the damages must be indemnified. Meanwhile, the Special Commission of Paris Peace Conference (1919) estimated the material damage of Armenian population more than 42 billion US dollars.

2007 May 11 - Forum Press Club, Yerevan, Armenia

Press conference with Ara Papian and Ruben Safrastyan (Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the National Academy of Sciences).

2007 April 29 - Hay Dat Head Office, Tehran, Iran (see also Gallery)

Meeting with members of Armenian community. Keynote speech on commemoration of Armenian Genocide and presentation of the Arbitral Award of President Wilson.

Meeting with members of Armenian community. Keynote speech on commemoration of Armenian Genocide and presentation of the Arbitral Award of President Wilson.

Meeting with members of Armenian community. Keynote speech on commemoration of Armenian Genocide and presentation of the Arbitral Award of President Wilson.

2007 April 21 - Armenian Genocide Commemoration Events, Stockholm, Sweden

Meeting with members of Armenian community and Swedish NGOs. Keynote speech on commemoration of Armenian Genocide and presentation of the Arbitral Award of President Wilson.

2007 April 20 - Armenian Genocide Commemoration Events, Stockholm, Sweden

Meeting with Armenian, Assyrian, Kurdish communities.

2007 March 29 - Special Opinion, Kentron TV

Interview on the legal status of Armenian monuments (in particular Surb Khach church, Aghtamar, Lake Van) in Turkey.

2007 March 22 - Bridge, Armenian Public Radio

Interview on history of USA-Armenia relationships and Arbitral Award of President Wilson.

2007 March 16 - Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia

Ara Papian was the main speaker at the conference-discussion Sevres Treaty: Reality or Dream? The conference, organized by NGO "Armenian Vein Youth Club" (YERAK), is one of the first in our reality, which tries to understand the essence of the Sevres Treaty: is it possible to re-establish it and has Armenia any interest from it?... More information at: http://www.ysu.am/site/index.php?lang=2&page=2&search_keyword=Vein&m=&y=&p_num=0&id=389

2007 March 13 - Hay Dat World Congress, Yerevan, Armenia

Keynote speech on the evaluation of current legal status of Armenian-Turkish Boundary.

2007 March 02 - Urvagits, Kentron TV

Interview with famous journalist Petros Ghazaryan on current political situation and future development in the Region.

2007 February 24 - IREX International Research & Exchanges Board, Yerevan, Armenia

Meeting with young professionals, students, members of different NGOs. Presentation of the Arbitral Award of President Wilson.

2007 February 07 - Common Ground NGO, Yerevan, Armenia

Meeting with young professionals and students. Presentation of the Arbitral Award of President Wilson.

2007 January 21 - Horizon, Shant TV

Interview with Ara Papian on Armenia-Turkey de jure boundary.

2007 January 14-15 - Opening of Armenian-Turkish Boundary Seminar, Hotel Armenia-Mariott, Yerevan, Armenia

Contribution on boundary issues between Armenia and Turkey.

2006 November 21 - Special Opinion, Kentron TV

Q&A on the Arbitral Award of President Wilson.

2006 November 16 - Union of Armenian Writers, Yerevan, Armenia

Meeting with Armenian writers on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of US President Woodrow Wilson.

2006 November 14 - National Press Club, Yerevan, Armenia

Press conference on possibility of implementation of the Arbitral Award of President Wilson.

2006 November 02 - American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

Discussion on the role of US President Woodrow Wilson in Armenian history and the idea of self-determination.