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DIALOGUE NOT A GAME OF CHESS, ARMENIAN RULING COALITION REP SAYS
Tert.am
29.08.11
At his Aug. 29 meeting with journalists, Gagik Minasyan, Chairman
of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group, said
he had expected the dialogue between Armenia's ruling coalition and
the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) to succeed.
"However, I had concerns because of the statements repeatedly made
by ANC members," he added.
"The ANC is a rather large organization, and we have negotiated
with only five individuals. I find it difficult to say what kind of
organization is behind the five individuals," Minasyan said. He had
the impression that he was working with serious people. Minasyan sees
the grounds for the belief that some of the ANC member-parties take
some ideas in different way, which can be seen from their statements.
"They return to the same ideas again and again," he said.
As regards the ANC Coordinator, Levon Zurabyan's words that "it
was a game of chess, and the opponent was kicking under the table,"
Minasyan said: "We we not playing chess. It was a dialogue and rather
hard work. It was not at all what Mr. Zurabyan is allegorizing."
As regards the documents presented by the parties - the ANC-presented
85-page document and the 130-page document presented by Armenia's
ruling coalition - Minasyan said: "I think that they [ANC] should have
been interested in our response. I hate the idea that our partners
made that step for the only purpose of not discussing our document."
As to the ANC's demand for mitigation of preventive punishment imposed
on the ANC member Tigran Arakelyan, Minasyan does not believe it to
be "blackmail." Armenia's ruling coalition has never promised Tigran
Arakelyan's release. Otherwise, it would be indicated in the statement,
he added. Minasyan rules out any involvement in a legal process for
political purposes.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
29.08.11
At his Aug. 29 meeting with journalists, Gagik Minasyan, Chairman
of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group, said
he had expected the dialogue between Armenia's ruling coalition and
the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) to succeed.
"However, I had concerns because of the statements repeatedly made
by ANC members," he added.
"The ANC is a rather large organization, and we have negotiated
with only five individuals. I find it difficult to say what kind of
organization is behind the five individuals," Minasyan said. He had
the impression that he was working with serious people. Minasyan sees
the grounds for the belief that some of the ANC member-parties take
some ideas in different way, which can be seen from their statements.
"They return to the same ideas again and again," he said.
As regards the ANC Coordinator, Levon Zurabyan's words that "it
was a game of chess, and the opponent was kicking under the table,"
Minasyan said: "We we not playing chess. It was a dialogue and rather
hard work. It was not at all what Mr. Zurabyan is allegorizing."
As regards the documents presented by the parties - the ANC-presented
85-page document and the 130-page document presented by Armenia's
ruling coalition - Minasyan said: "I think that they [ANC] should have
been interested in our response. I hate the idea that our partners
made that step for the only purpose of not discussing our document."
As to the ANC's demand for mitigation of preventive punishment imposed
on the ANC member Tigran Arakelyan, Minasyan does not believe it to
be "blackmail." Armenia's ruling coalition has never promised Tigran
Arakelyan's release. Otherwise, it would be indicated in the statement,
he added. Minasyan rules out any involvement in a legal process for
political purposes.
From: A. Papazian