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OPPOSITION LEADER ACCUSES SARKISIAN OF "DEFEATIST POLICY"
AzerNews Weekly
May 20 2009
Azerbaijan
The Armenian opposition leader, former president Levon Ter-Petrosian,
has accused President Serzh Sarkisian`s administration of pursuing
"a defeatist policy" in the ongoing talks with Azerbaijan on the Upper
(Nagorno) Garabagh conflict.
Ter-Petrosian thereby called on the incumbent Armenian authorities to
immediately resign. The opposition has reportedly launched protests
in the capital Yerevan, seeking a resignation.
The opposition claims that authorities have agreed to the pull out
Armenian troops from the occupied Azerbaijani territories around
Upper Garabagh, while the future of the self-proclaimed Upper Garabagh
republic remains questionable.
According to Ter-Petrosian, President Sarkisian realizes all too
well that Armenia`s military, which is in a deplorable condition,
cannot even be compared to the disciplined Azerbaijani army that has
been provided with up-to-date arms. He was therefore intimidated
by Baku`s statements that do not rule out a military solution to
the long-standing conflict and is having to take a step backward in
Garabagh talks.
Some experts believe that the political and economic woes in Armenia
are increasing public support for the opposition`s views and causing
the number of opposition supporters to surge. Soaring food prices,
a rapidly rising unemployment rate and continuing turmoil in the
military are fueling public resentment with the authorities in the
South Caucasus republic, they say.
AzerNews Weekly
May 20 2009
Azerbaijan
The Armenian opposition leader, former president Levon Ter-Petrosian,
has accused President Serzh Sarkisian`s administration of pursuing
"a defeatist policy" in the ongoing talks with Azerbaijan on the Upper
(Nagorno) Garabagh conflict.
Ter-Petrosian thereby called on the incumbent Armenian authorities to
immediately resign. The opposition has reportedly launched protests
in the capital Yerevan, seeking a resignation.
The opposition claims that authorities have agreed to the pull out
Armenian troops from the occupied Azerbaijani territories around
Upper Garabagh, while the future of the self-proclaimed Upper Garabagh
republic remains questionable.
According to Ter-Petrosian, President Sarkisian realizes all too
well that Armenia`s military, which is in a deplorable condition,
cannot even be compared to the disciplined Azerbaijani army that has
been provided with up-to-date arms. He was therefore intimidated
by Baku`s statements that do not rule out a military solution to
the long-standing conflict and is having to take a step backward in
Garabagh talks.
Some experts believe that the political and economic woes in Armenia
are increasing public support for the opposition`s views and causing
the number of opposition supporters to surge. Soaring food prices,
a rapidly rising unemployment rate and continuing turmoil in the
military are fueling public resentment with the authorities in the
South Caucasus republic, they say.