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ARMENIAN MP: NATO PA SEMINAR WAS HELD AMID ANTI-ARMENIAN HYSTERIA OF AZERBAIJANI DELEGATES
June 20, 2014 | 17:16
YEREVAN. - Armenian delegate said participation in NATO PA seminar
was very important for Armenia.
Unless Armenian delegates participated, Azerbaijanis would use an
opportunity to distort the truth about regional realities, Koryun
Nahapetyan said.
The head of Armenian delegation to NATO PA Koryun Nahapetyan, MP Tevan
Poghosyan and analyst Richard Giragosian participated in Rose-Roth
seminar that was held in Baku on June 16-18.
Nayapetyan said Armenia attaches importance to cooperation with NATO,
but it would be better not to hold PA meetings in a country with lack
of democracy.
"It is very difficult to participate in Baku-hosted events, since
Azerbaijani side is using every chance to present Armenia as an
aggressor. We could not hold dialogue with them, Azerbaijan is
definitely not ready for a dialogue," the MP added.
As to the atmosphere during the seminar, Nahapetyan noted that
the seminar was held amid anti-Armenian hysteria of Azerbaijani
participants.
"We not only resisted the pressure, but also presented our position.
They turned dialogue into a tense debate, and our attempt to be
engaged in a constructive dialogue failed. Other participants acted
as observers and did not join the discussions between Armenian and
Azerbaijani delegates," Nahapetyan added.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
June 20, 2014 | 17:16
YEREVAN. - Armenian delegate said participation in NATO PA seminar
was very important for Armenia.
Unless Armenian delegates participated, Azerbaijanis would use an
opportunity to distort the truth about regional realities, Koryun
Nahapetyan said.
The head of Armenian delegation to NATO PA Koryun Nahapetyan, MP Tevan
Poghosyan and analyst Richard Giragosian participated in Rose-Roth
seminar that was held in Baku on June 16-18.
Nayapetyan said Armenia attaches importance to cooperation with NATO,
but it would be better not to hold PA meetings in a country with lack
of democracy.
"It is very difficult to participate in Baku-hosted events, since
Azerbaijani side is using every chance to present Armenia as an
aggressor. We could not hold dialogue with them, Azerbaijan is
definitely not ready for a dialogue," the MP added.
As to the atmosphere during the seminar, Nahapetyan noted that
the seminar was held amid anti-Armenian hysteria of Azerbaijani
participants.
"We not only resisted the pressure, but also presented our position.
They turned dialogue into a tense debate, and our attempt to be
engaged in a constructive dialogue failed. Other participants acted
as observers and did not join the discussions between Armenian and
Azerbaijani delegates," Nahapetyan added.
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