Presidential Debate; For the First Time in the CIS
Yesterday's debate between Armenia's two presidential candidates, President Robert Kocharian and challenger Stepan Demirchian, was a historic first - for Armenia and for the CIS. For the first time since the fall of the USSR, a presidential campaign included a live, face-to-face presidential debate between two real contenders.

The two-hour long session was moderated by Public Television's Arthur Bakhtamian, host of the popular Midnight Express talk show. Both candidates answered questions directed at them by six television news anchors. Topics included the elections themselves, foreign relations, economic development and social issues.

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Petros Ghazarian; Kentron TV Gagik Mkrtchian; Armenia TV Aram Safarian; Prometevs TV
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