LA rally brought together 3 000 protesters

October 5, 2009 - 16:41 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Los Angeles Police Department estimated the number of protesters, who greeted Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan upon his arrival to the Beverly Hills Hilton hotel.



According to Los Angeles Police Department estimates, some 3 000 protesters greeted Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan upon his arrival to the Beverly Hills Hilton hotel where he was received by Armenian community representatives.



Earlier, sources reported about 12 000 demonstrators.



The LA visit was the third in a stop of Sarsgyan's tour of six international Armenian communities as he courts favor of Armenia's displaced over the controversial Armenia-Turkey protocols on mending relations that the president is expected to sign in the coming week.



In Paris and in New York, Diaspora have met the president with protests such as was demonstrated on a relatively chilly Sunday in the heart of Tinsel Town.
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