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ARMENIA'S FORMER AND INCUMBENT PRESIDENTS ARE BEARERS OF ADVERSE LEGACY - OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER
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October 17, 2012 | 11:46
YEREVAN. - The threats against Armenia continue and Armenia's tolerance
justifies the arguments by those that threaten, opposition National
Self-Determination Union (NSU) Chairman Paruyr Hayrikyan stated,
during a press conference on Wednesday, speaking on the shortfalls
in Armenia's foreign policy and the risks that threaten the country.
In his words, Turkey and Azerbaijan are attempting to make the world
community believe that the "poor" Azerbaijanis need to settle the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by the use of force. "Everything started
out during the tenure of the First President [of Armenia, namely,
Levon Ter-Petrosyan]. He could not imagine the situation, and he
contributed to the fact that our state took wrong steps. Also, the
First President made Armenia enter into a war. The second President
[that is, Robert Kocharyan] likewise has no idea of the created
situation," Hayrikyan added.
According to him, serving President Serzh Sargsyan is the bearer
of that adverse legacy. "Sargsyan tried to rectify the situation
by way of football diplomacy [with Turkey]. But when he was saying
[normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations] without preconditions, no
one understood what this was about. As a result, Armenia's initiative
failed," the NSU leader maintained.
Paruyr Hayrikyan proposes to oppose Turkey, which has declared an
economic war, and, as per Hayrikyan, no alliance is necessary with
a country that sells weapons to the adversary. "This situation is
created due to the efforts by the Russian imperialism, [and] on the
principle of 'divide and conquer,'" he noted.
In Hayrikyan's view, Armenia must state that the Karabakh peace
talks are not succeeding, since the real negotiating parties are not
taking part in the talks, that it will not take part in the talks,
and a special committee be established to examine the international
legal opportunities to resolve the matter.
news.am
October 17, 2012 | 11:46
YEREVAN. - The threats against Armenia continue and Armenia's tolerance
justifies the arguments by those that threaten, opposition National
Self-Determination Union (NSU) Chairman Paruyr Hayrikyan stated,
during a press conference on Wednesday, speaking on the shortfalls
in Armenia's foreign policy and the risks that threaten the country.
In his words, Turkey and Azerbaijan are attempting to make the world
community believe that the "poor" Azerbaijanis need to settle the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by the use of force. "Everything started
out during the tenure of the First President [of Armenia, namely,
Levon Ter-Petrosyan]. He could not imagine the situation, and he
contributed to the fact that our state took wrong steps. Also, the
First President made Armenia enter into a war. The second President
[that is, Robert Kocharyan] likewise has no idea of the created
situation," Hayrikyan added.
According to him, serving President Serzh Sargsyan is the bearer
of that adverse legacy. "Sargsyan tried to rectify the situation
by way of football diplomacy [with Turkey]. But when he was saying
[normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations] without preconditions, no
one understood what this was about. As a result, Armenia's initiative
failed," the NSU leader maintained.
Paruyr Hayrikyan proposes to oppose Turkey, which has declared an
economic war, and, as per Hayrikyan, no alliance is necessary with
a country that sells weapons to the adversary. "This situation is
created due to the efforts by the Russian imperialism, [and] on the
principle of 'divide and conquer,'" he noted.
In Hayrikyan's view, Armenia must state that the Karabakh peace
talks are not succeeding, since the real negotiating parties are not
taking part in the talks, that it will not take part in the talks,
and a special committee be established to examine the international
legal opportunities to resolve the matter.