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DISPUTABLE STATEMENTS: NEWLY-ELECTED HHSH CHAIRMAN SUPPORTS OPPOSITION LEADER
By Karine Ionesyan
ArmeniaNow
21.07.10 | 16:34
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According to Manukyan, the Karabakh settlement and Armenian-Turkish
rapprochement issues "can still be solved with legitimate authorities".
Newly-elected chairman of the Armenian National Movement (HHSh)
Aram Manukyan invited journalists July 21 to announce he supports
first President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan's statement that
the development and security of Armenia is directly connected with
a Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and normalization of the
Armenian-Turkish relations.
Manukyan, who now leads the party that is a key member in the
Ter-Petrosyan-led Armenian National Congress, believes that the first
president's statement made on July 17, during the HHSh congress, by
its contents does not differ from the one he made in 2007 and which
marked his political comeback after nearly a decade of reclusion.
Critics, however, say that in 2007 Ter-Petrosyan said quite
the opposite, mainly stating that only by means of solving
Armenia's domestic problems would it become possible to reach
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and normalization of
Armenian-Turkish relations.
"He [Ter-Petrosyan] suggests that by means of replacing the current
authorities with legitimate authorities it would still be possible
to solve the two problems," Manukyan says.
The latest statement of the first president of Armenia elicited
strong backlash not only in the pro-government camp, but also among
some opposition representatives. Ter-Petrosyan's associate Karapet
Rubinyan also referred to that statement in his recent letter in
which he announced his resignation from HHSh, mainly due to alleged
falsifications in intra-party elections, shortly after the party's
convention.
Different political figures also state that there is an unhealthy
atmosphere within HHSh, which Manukyan refutes, saying that they have
serious things to be accomplished; for example to voice the issue of
political prisoners in the international arena, to enlarge the scope
of their activities in Armenia and attract more youths to their party.
From: A. Papazian
By Karine Ionesyan
ArmeniaNow
21.07.10 | 16:34
News
According to Manukyan, the Karabakh settlement and Armenian-Turkish
rapprochement issues "can still be solved with legitimate authorities".
Newly-elected chairman of the Armenian National Movement (HHSh)
Aram Manukyan invited journalists July 21 to announce he supports
first President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan's statement that
the development and security of Armenia is directly connected with
a Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and normalization of the
Armenian-Turkish relations.
Manukyan, who now leads the party that is a key member in the
Ter-Petrosyan-led Armenian National Congress, believes that the first
president's statement made on July 17, during the HHSh congress, by
its contents does not differ from the one he made in 2007 and which
marked his political comeback after nearly a decade of reclusion.
Critics, however, say that in 2007 Ter-Petrosyan said quite
the opposite, mainly stating that only by means of solving
Armenia's domestic problems would it become possible to reach
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and normalization of
Armenian-Turkish relations.
"He [Ter-Petrosyan] suggests that by means of replacing the current
authorities with legitimate authorities it would still be possible
to solve the two problems," Manukyan says.
The latest statement of the first president of Armenia elicited
strong backlash not only in the pro-government camp, but also among
some opposition representatives. Ter-Petrosyan's associate Karapet
Rubinyan also referred to that statement in his recent letter in
which he announced his resignation from HHSh, mainly due to alleged
falsifications in intra-party elections, shortly after the party's
convention.
Different political figures also state that there is an unhealthy
atmosphere within HHSh, which Manukyan refutes, saying that they have
serious things to be accomplished; for example to voice the issue of
political prisoners in the international arena, to enlarge the scope
of their activities in Armenia and attract more youths to their party.
From: A. Papazian