On July 28, an organization calling itself the "Youth Party" convened a seminar entitled "Strategy 2020" aimed at studying such issues as a "young Armenian government" and "reserves of young Armenian cadres". Surprisingly, no young people from the opposition appeared to be in attendance or listed in the official list of invited guests. All we saw were representatives of the ruling Armenian Republican Party, president of the youth wing of the Prosperous Armenian Party (a member of the ruling coalition, the minister and deputy minister of the Sport and Youth Ministry, the RoA Police Chief, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation, and an assortment of business leaders and government functionaries. We asked Artak Khachatryan, a member of the Youth Party’s administration, why representatives of the opposition weren’t invited. "We haven’t stressed the presence of reps from the ruling circles. There are active young people and business leaders that do not necessarily represent the ruling government," he answered. He added that opposition youth hadn’t been invited since the party’s activities are essentially based around social concerns and that the opposition doesn’t recognize the legitimacy of the current government and takes every opportunity to criticize it. "The legitimacy issue is outside the scope of the conference. However, we would not oppose the presence of opposition youth at this conference," Mr. Khachatryan added When we asked what the Chief of Police was doing at a youth conference, Mr. Khachatryan explained, "Today, there is a certain negative perception of the police with the youth that we want to dispel; to have the two segments get closer to each other."