On official visit to Washington,the leader of the Heritage party Raffi Hovannisian met with Deputy Secretary of State Eric Rubin on June 3. As press-service of the Heritage party reported, in a private meeting at the Department of State, they discussed not only Armenia's domestic democratic challenges, but also its international challenges, including a righteous resolution to the conflict surrounding Nagornyy Karabakh Republic and a true recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey.
On the same day Hovannisian delivered a keynote address to an audience of diplomats, policy-makers, and intellectuals at the George Washington University Law School.