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ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN BEWILDERED AT ACTIVITY OF HEADS OF ARMENIAN REPRESENTATIONS ABROAD
arminfo
Wednesday, September 5, 15:22
The Government of Hungary represented by Prime Minister Viktor
Orban with his eccentric behavior has already annoyed the European
community, Vahan Hovhannisyan, MP representing ARFD Party, said at
the extraordinary session of the Armenian Parliament on Wednesday,
when commenting on ARFD's stance on the draft statement of the Armenian
National Assembly on Ramil Safarov's case.
Both the attempts to make amendments not meeting European values to
the Constitution and the migration processes are in question, he said.
Hungary's neighbors, Serbia and Slovakia, have already got tired
of the constant protests to European structures against Budapest's
actions. Even Prime Minister Orban is qualified in Europe as a
dictator. Naturally, by his methods of governance and actions Viktor
Orban is quite similar to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev,
which should not be surprising for Yerevan. It is noteworthy that
the so-called reform conducted in Hungary led to EU sanctions against
Budapest, which, in turn, resulted in a financial crisis. To overcome
it, Hungary needed Azerbaijan's assistance. Nevertheless, even the
countries that have got boredwith the Government of Hungary failed to
support Armenia. Romania, Slovakia and Serbia are in question, he said.
The parliamentarian explained that Armenia as a subject is not
interesting to any country. Only the U.S. President expressed
discontent at the incident. Official Yerevan should learn something
from all this and be cautious. For instance, Hovhannisyan said, the
German press has misinterpreted the Armenian president's statement
and arrived at a conclusion that Armenia threatens Azerbaijan with war.
All this means that Yerevan must tackle the work with the European and
other press. In this light, the parliamentarian expressed bewilderment
at activity of the heads of Armenians representations in abroad,
who must work not only with the press but also with parliamentarians,
including the German parliamentarians.
He is concerned over the stance of many countries and international
structures that again placed Armenia and Azerbaijan on the same shelf
and called them to stop militarist statements and not aggravate the
situation. It is very important to mention that fact in the text of
the statement, Vahan Hovhannisyan said. "I do not mean Aliyev, who we
must speak with in quite different field. I mean European structures,"
the parliamentarian said. The text of the statement must contain also
a provision on the stance of the OSCE MG, he said.
Earlier on August 31 the Armenian authorities adopted a decision to
suspend diplomatic relations and official contacts with Hungary.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan made public the decision at a
special meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions on Friday after
the Hungarian authorities extradited Azeri officer Ramil Safarov,
who was sentenced by a Hungarian court to life in jail for killing
sleeping Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan with an axe in Budapest
in 2004. Both the officers were undergoing an English language course
under the NATO PfP program. The same day after Safarov's extradition,
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev decreed to pardon the criminal.
arminfo
Wednesday, September 5, 15:22
The Government of Hungary represented by Prime Minister Viktor
Orban with his eccentric behavior has already annoyed the European
community, Vahan Hovhannisyan, MP representing ARFD Party, said at
the extraordinary session of the Armenian Parliament on Wednesday,
when commenting on ARFD's stance on the draft statement of the Armenian
National Assembly on Ramil Safarov's case.
Both the attempts to make amendments not meeting European values to
the Constitution and the migration processes are in question, he said.
Hungary's neighbors, Serbia and Slovakia, have already got tired
of the constant protests to European structures against Budapest's
actions. Even Prime Minister Orban is qualified in Europe as a
dictator. Naturally, by his methods of governance and actions Viktor
Orban is quite similar to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev,
which should not be surprising for Yerevan. It is noteworthy that
the so-called reform conducted in Hungary led to EU sanctions against
Budapest, which, in turn, resulted in a financial crisis. To overcome
it, Hungary needed Azerbaijan's assistance. Nevertheless, even the
countries that have got boredwith the Government of Hungary failed to
support Armenia. Romania, Slovakia and Serbia are in question, he said.
The parliamentarian explained that Armenia as a subject is not
interesting to any country. Only the U.S. President expressed
discontent at the incident. Official Yerevan should learn something
from all this and be cautious. For instance, Hovhannisyan said, the
German press has misinterpreted the Armenian president's statement
and arrived at a conclusion that Armenia threatens Azerbaijan with war.
All this means that Yerevan must tackle the work with the European and
other press. In this light, the parliamentarian expressed bewilderment
at activity of the heads of Armenians representations in abroad,
who must work not only with the press but also with parliamentarians,
including the German parliamentarians.
He is concerned over the stance of many countries and international
structures that again placed Armenia and Azerbaijan on the same shelf
and called them to stop militarist statements and not aggravate the
situation. It is very important to mention that fact in the text of
the statement, Vahan Hovhannisyan said. "I do not mean Aliyev, who we
must speak with in quite different field. I mean European structures,"
the parliamentarian said. The text of the statement must contain also
a provision on the stance of the OSCE MG, he said.
Earlier on August 31 the Armenian authorities adopted a decision to
suspend diplomatic relations and official contacts with Hungary.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan made public the decision at a
special meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions on Friday after
the Hungarian authorities extradited Azeri officer Ramil Safarov,
who was sentenced by a Hungarian court to life in jail for killing
sleeping Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan with an axe in Budapest
in 2004. Both the officers were undergoing an English language course
under the NATO PfP program. The same day after Safarov's extradition,
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev decreed to pardon the criminal.