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    ARMENIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISMISSES CALLS FOR RESIGNATION

    EurasiaNet
    July 21 2009
    NY

    Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian is rejecting calls for
    his resignation in response to recent allegations that he made weighty
    concessions in ongoing talks concerning the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh
    territory.

    Government critics, most notably the nationalist Armenian Revolutionary
    Federation (Dashnaktsutiun), claim that Nalbandian compromised
    Armenia's strategic interests in the recent discussions. Part of the
    criticism is connected to speculation about the so-called "road map"
    to reconciliation between Armenia and Turkey, Azerbaijan's closest
    ally. Details about the document have not been released, but the
    Armenian Revolutionary Federation left President Serzh Sargsyan's
    government in protest at the Turkish rapprochement policy. [For
    background see the Eurasia Insight archive].

    At a July 20 news conference, Nalbandian fired back at his critics,
    saying that they were confusing constructiveness with weakness. Denying
    the charge that Armenia will weaken its hold on Karabakh in exchange
    for better ties with Turkey, he called his opponents "naive" and
    self-serving. "Speculating on the Karabakh problem -- a matter of
    national security -- is not a worthy business," the Arminfo news
    agency quoted Nalbandian as saying.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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