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    ARF-D NEVER AGREED WITH ARMENIA'S FOREIGN POLICY - MP

    16:44 17.09.13

    Although Vahan Hovhannisyan, an Armenian Revolutionary Federation
    Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) parliamentary group member, has accepted
    a proposal to work as Armenia's ambassador to Germany, it does not
    mean the ARF-D agrees with Armenia's foreign policy, the ARF-D group
    member Armen Rustamyan told journalists on Tuesday.

    "We have never said we agree with this foreign policy. We have clearly
    stated our position. It is based on the seven major points of the
    ARF-D platform," Rustamyan said.

    "They have appointed Vahan Hovhannisyan, but they are well aware he
    has his own opinion and we are not going to change ours. If you ask
    Hovhannisyan, he will say the same," Rustamyan said.

    He stressed that Armenia's FM Edward Nalbandian has changed his stance
    on a number of issues. Following Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's
    statement on Armenia's accession to the Customs Union and involvement
    in the European Union's development, an entirely new situation has
    developed in Armenia.

    "We [the nation] - particularly the foreign minister - will not admit
    the fact, but it is his problem. It is common knowledge that Armenia's
    foreign policy has changed since September 3. We are moving toward
    the Eurasian Union. It is forming a political power pole, with Russia
    and China being the pivot thereof. Armenia has got involved in this
    process as well," Rustamyan said.

    Armenia's FM is trying to present the country's accession to the
    Customs Union as economic cooperation, which is not actually so.

    Armenia has no alternative.

    "If we have no alternative, we should build up what we have,"
    Rustamyan said. He stressed that Armenia's authorities must publicly
    admit that it was a political decision rather than a means of solving
    economic problems.

    As regards Armenia-EU cooperation, Rustamyan noted that the EU will
    certainly find a way of cooperating with Armenia. However, it will
    not be on the earlier planned scale.

    Armenian News - Tert.am



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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