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AREN'T OTHER OFFICIALS OF RA FOREIGN MINISTRY AWARE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL'S STATEMENTS
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
July 17 2013
"I think they were not the right statements to be made by RA Prosecutor
General. The Prosecutor General is an official person and has its own
powers, which, if I'm not mistaken, does not include foreign policy",-
said the President of the Helsinki Committee Avetik Ishkhanyan to the
question of Aravot.am as to how you refer to the demanding statements
of the Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan made recently against
Turkey. Mr. Ishkhanyan believe that the statements coming out from
the mouth of high-ranking official, RA Prosecutor General may give
rise to serious assessments in the international arena and create
the impression that the demanding constitutes a part of Armenia's
foreign policy. "If indeed that is the case, then it should be said
by the President of Armenia. Now, I do not want to refer to its
good or bad sides. I would like the Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Armenia to answer the question whether they agree with the statement
by the Prosecutor General, or not, because it can become a serious
international scandal,"- said Mr.
Ishkhanyan. Why the Prosecutor General decided to make such a
statement, according to our interlocutor, the reason is as follows.
"After the fiasco of protocols, RA authorities fell from one
extreme to the other. Curtseys to Turkey, under the circumstances of
availability of prerequisites, and a fiasco. But there was no courage
to say something to the face. It looks like they are now trying to
threaten Turkey. Neither the first, nor the second is right." This
situation is not clear for Avetik Ishkanyan in the sense that the
authorities of Armenia have set a goal to improve its relations with
Turkey without prerequisites, while slowly-slowly they are passing to
the language of prerequisites, which contradicts the very principles
of the government. Yesterday, Aravot.am tried to get the comments of
the Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan regarding
the statements made by the Prosecutor General. Also, to learn why
until now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia did not respond
to the statement of Prosecutor General. To remind you that Turkish
MFA responded. Mr. Mnatsakanyan, however, was not aware of Aghvan
Hovsepyan's statement and refrained from saying anything. Nelly
Grigoryan
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/07/17/155519/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
July 17 2013
"I think they were not the right statements to be made by RA Prosecutor
General. The Prosecutor General is an official person and has its own
powers, which, if I'm not mistaken, does not include foreign policy",-
said the President of the Helsinki Committee Avetik Ishkhanyan to the
question of Aravot.am as to how you refer to the demanding statements
of the Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan made recently against
Turkey. Mr. Ishkhanyan believe that the statements coming out from
the mouth of high-ranking official, RA Prosecutor General may give
rise to serious assessments in the international arena and create
the impression that the demanding constitutes a part of Armenia's
foreign policy. "If indeed that is the case, then it should be said
by the President of Armenia. Now, I do not want to refer to its
good or bad sides. I would like the Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Armenia to answer the question whether they agree with the statement
by the Prosecutor General, or not, because it can become a serious
international scandal,"- said Mr.
Ishkhanyan. Why the Prosecutor General decided to make such a
statement, according to our interlocutor, the reason is as follows.
"After the fiasco of protocols, RA authorities fell from one
extreme to the other. Curtseys to Turkey, under the circumstances of
availability of prerequisites, and a fiasco. But there was no courage
to say something to the face. It looks like they are now trying to
threaten Turkey. Neither the first, nor the second is right." This
situation is not clear for Avetik Ishkanyan in the sense that the
authorities of Armenia have set a goal to improve its relations with
Turkey without prerequisites, while slowly-slowly they are passing to
the language of prerequisites, which contradicts the very principles
of the government. Yesterday, Aravot.am tried to get the comments of
the Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan regarding
the statements made by the Prosecutor General. Also, to learn why
until now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia did not respond
to the statement of Prosecutor General. To remind you that Turkish
MFA responded. Mr. Mnatsakanyan, however, was not aware of Aghvan
Hovsepyan's statement and refrained from saying anything. Nelly
Grigoryan
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/07/17/155519/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress