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Arman Navasardyan about John Heffern's statement, `This is a
diplomatic rope-dancing'
May 10 2014
`I do not find any acceptable point, or any objective point in this
statement for me,' such opinion was expressed by RA former Foreign
Deputy Minister, also RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Arman Navasardyan, in the conversation with Aravot.am, assessing the
statement of the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern regarding the
Minsk Group American Co-Chair James Warlick's statements. Recall that
earlier today, John Heffern noted that Warlick's statement was not an
announcement of a new policy on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue and
stressed. `He believed that it would be useful to once again repeat
the principles, the six elements that are mentioned in the documents
of the OSCE Minsk Group to refresh it for the people of Armenia and
Azerbaijan and to start a discussion on this issue. The goal was not
announcing about a new policy. The goal was to start a discussion on
the clauses of the peace agreement, so that the peoples of the two
countries would be ready for the moment, when the moment of the peace
agreement will come.' Arman Navasardyan noted, `One could find some
rational points in Warlick's statement on making reference to the
Helsinki Final Act, and Heffern is making a general statement within
the context of peace. Who is against peace? This is a diplomatic
statement, just a diplomatic rope-dancing.' With regard to Warlick's
statement, `we do not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, and I
believe people will interpret my posts correctly. There are two
sovereign countries in the region, Armenia and Azerbaijan', Mr.
Navasardyan expressed the following opinion, `Well, what's the matter
then¦ this is a wrong statement, we are also guilty that 10 years ago,
we somehow threw the NKR from the negotiation side to another side, we
placed it into the margin.' Director of the Armenian Center for
Political and International Relations', Aghasi Yenokyan, said the
following regarding the U.S. Ambassador's statement, `I think John
Heffern's words were one of the objectives of Warlick's statement. The
other objective of Warlick's statement was that they think that now
Russia will start leading discussion to its benefit and create some
kind of a condition, which they are trying to prevent.'
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/05/10/165134/
diplomatic rope-dancing'
May 10 2014
`I do not find any acceptable point, or any objective point in this
statement for me,' such opinion was expressed by RA former Foreign
Deputy Minister, also RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Arman Navasardyan, in the conversation with Aravot.am, assessing the
statement of the U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern regarding the
Minsk Group American Co-Chair James Warlick's statements. Recall that
earlier today, John Heffern noted that Warlick's statement was not an
announcement of a new policy on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue and
stressed. `He believed that it would be useful to once again repeat
the principles, the six elements that are mentioned in the documents
of the OSCE Minsk Group to refresh it for the people of Armenia and
Azerbaijan and to start a discussion on this issue. The goal was not
announcing about a new policy. The goal was to start a discussion on
the clauses of the peace agreement, so that the peoples of the two
countries would be ready for the moment, when the moment of the peace
agreement will come.' Arman Navasardyan noted, `One could find some
rational points in Warlick's statement on making reference to the
Helsinki Final Act, and Heffern is making a general statement within
the context of peace. Who is against peace? This is a diplomatic
statement, just a diplomatic rope-dancing.' With regard to Warlick's
statement, `we do not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, and I
believe people will interpret my posts correctly. There are two
sovereign countries in the region, Armenia and Azerbaijan', Mr.
Navasardyan expressed the following opinion, `Well, what's the matter
then¦ this is a wrong statement, we are also guilty that 10 years ago,
we somehow threw the NKR from the negotiation side to another side, we
placed it into the margin.' Director of the Armenian Center for
Political and International Relations', Aghasi Yenokyan, said the
following regarding the U.S. Ambassador's statement, `I think John
Heffern's words were one of the objectives of Warlick's statement. The
other objective of Warlick's statement was that they think that now
Russia will start leading discussion to its benefit and create some
kind of a condition, which they are trying to prevent.'
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/05/10/165134/