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ARMENIA'S EX-FM HAILS POLITICAL PARTIES' UNANIMOUS DECISION ON SAFAROV'S RELEASE
tert.am
06.09.12
Armenia's ex-Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan has hailed the
parliamentary parties' unanimous approval of the statement condemning
the extradition and release of Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani army
lieutenant who was sentenced to life imprisonment for hacking Armenian
officer Gurgen Margaryan to death.
He has shared his observations on Facebook, praising the
parliamentarians' calls for consolidation.
"Despite the disagreements over the contents, all the political
parties demonstrated solidarity and consolidation over this issue.
This is commendable," the politician said in his public profile.
He has also addressed certain negative aspects, particularly the fact
that the lawmakers of the ruling Republican Party failed to admit
the authorities' possible share of guilt.
"More than thirty speeches were made before the statement was adopted.
Though it was tiresome, I heard all of them. I was really interested
to know each individuals approach to, and perception of. the issue.
It was especially the ruling party that made calls for solidarity and
consolidation, but none of them had the courage to state, at least
implicitly, that their government probably also had had its share of
guilt for all this," says Oskanyan, who now represents the Prosperous
Armenia party faction in the National Assembly.
He then expresses disappointment with FM Edward Nalbandyan's speech,
considering his arguments on being cheated a very poor justification.
"I would like to let the foreign minister know that being cheated
is not a justification. That aggravates the responsibility for the
failure," he says.
Considering the decision unacceptable for the Armenian nation,
Oskanyan calls for strong and persistent efforts to eliminate possible
consequences. He considers Safarov's return to his prison cell and
the international recognition of Karabakh's self-determination the
best legal and diplomatic solutions to the problem.
From: Baghdasarian
tert.am
06.09.12
Armenia's ex-Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan has hailed the
parliamentary parties' unanimous approval of the statement condemning
the extradition and release of Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani army
lieutenant who was sentenced to life imprisonment for hacking Armenian
officer Gurgen Margaryan to death.
He has shared his observations on Facebook, praising the
parliamentarians' calls for consolidation.
"Despite the disagreements over the contents, all the political
parties demonstrated solidarity and consolidation over this issue.
This is commendable," the politician said in his public profile.
He has also addressed certain negative aspects, particularly the fact
that the lawmakers of the ruling Republican Party failed to admit
the authorities' possible share of guilt.
"More than thirty speeches were made before the statement was adopted.
Though it was tiresome, I heard all of them. I was really interested
to know each individuals approach to, and perception of. the issue.
It was especially the ruling party that made calls for solidarity and
consolidation, but none of them had the courage to state, at least
implicitly, that their government probably also had had its share of
guilt for all this," says Oskanyan, who now represents the Prosperous
Armenia party faction in the National Assembly.
He then expresses disappointment with FM Edward Nalbandyan's speech,
considering his arguments on being cheated a very poor justification.
"I would like to let the foreign minister know that being cheated
is not a justification. That aggravates the responsibility for the
failure," he says.
Considering the decision unacceptable for the Armenian nation,
Oskanyan calls for strong and persistent efforts to eliminate possible
consequences. He considers Safarov's return to his prison cell and
the international recognition of Karabakh's self-determination the
best legal and diplomatic solutions to the problem.
From: Baghdasarian