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Armenian opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan lashes out at authorities
12:07 - 18.09.10
In a long-awaited address at a rally late on Friday held near the
hilltop building of Matenadaran in downtown Yerevan outspoken leader
of opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) Levon Ter-Petrosyan
accused the Armenian authorities of misinterpreting his ideas made in
the previous speech.
According to Mr Ter-Petrosyan, the state propaganda has misinterpreted
his very idea that "without the settlement of Karabakh conflict and
Armenia-Turkey issue Armenia has no perspectives for improvement of
demographic situation, economic development and security" into what he
called a "simplistic idea relevant to the intellectual level" as if he
is proposing to cede Karabakh to Azerbaijan for the sake of Armenia's
development.
"While there is no need to prove that I have stressed the necessity of
the settlement and solution of the Karabakh issue (and the
Armenia-Turkey relations depending on it) rather than concession of
Karabakh. Solution is one thing, and concession is quite another. Who
is making you concede anything, who is requesting to return
territories? If you are against concessions or compromises, then
ensure an uncompromising and triumphant solution," said he adding that
the authorities must bear in mind that whatever way they choose to
settle the issue, they should realize that the Karabakh issue must be
resolved rather than compromised.
The claim that "the alternative to compromise is war," according to
him, has not lapsed yet and will never do so, despite how much time
will be needed to make sure that that is the case.
"It is still ununderstandable for me why the state propaganda would
get nervous about this claim and try its best to find proof of
concessions, moreover, impudently ignoring the fact that I am speaking
about mutual concessions, about compromise, rather than about
one-sided concessions," said he.
Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
12:07 - 18.09.10
In a long-awaited address at a rally late on Friday held near the
hilltop building of Matenadaran in downtown Yerevan outspoken leader
of opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) Levon Ter-Petrosyan
accused the Armenian authorities of misinterpreting his ideas made in
the previous speech.
According to Mr Ter-Petrosyan, the state propaganda has misinterpreted
his very idea that "without the settlement of Karabakh conflict and
Armenia-Turkey issue Armenia has no perspectives for improvement of
demographic situation, economic development and security" into what he
called a "simplistic idea relevant to the intellectual level" as if he
is proposing to cede Karabakh to Azerbaijan for the sake of Armenia's
development.
"While there is no need to prove that I have stressed the necessity of
the settlement and solution of the Karabakh issue (and the
Armenia-Turkey relations depending on it) rather than concession of
Karabakh. Solution is one thing, and concession is quite another. Who
is making you concede anything, who is requesting to return
territories? If you are against concessions or compromises, then
ensure an uncompromising and triumphant solution," said he adding that
the authorities must bear in mind that whatever way they choose to
settle the issue, they should realize that the Karabakh issue must be
resolved rather than compromised.
The claim that "the alternative to compromise is war," according to
him, has not lapsed yet and will never do so, despite how much time
will be needed to make sure that that is the case.
"It is still ununderstandable for me why the state propaganda would
get nervous about this claim and try its best to find proof of
concessions, moreover, impudently ignoring the fact that I am speaking
about mutual concessions, about compromise, rather than about
one-sided concessions," said he.
Tert.am
From: A. Papazian