HOVHANNES HOVHANNISIAN: “I WOULDN’T LIKE US TO CARRY ON NEGATIVE POLICY TO ARMENIA”

YEREVAN, MARCH 21, NOYAN TAPAN. Our only resource in the Karabakh
issue is democracy and we reduced this resource to zero and therefore,
equalized ourselves with Azerbaijan, which, in difference to us,
is rich in natural resources.” Hovhannes Hovhannisian, Chairman of
the Liberal-Progressive Party of Armenia, declared this at the March
19 meeting with journalists. According to him, the last documents
adopted at international instances are the result of Armenia’s foreign
policy. H.Hovhannisian draw special attention to the statatement
of Elizabeth Jones, former US Assistant Secretary for State for
Europe and Eurasia, and emphasized that it is not accidental and
is not the opinion of a separate official in the US administration,
such aproach is the reflection of this country’s foreign policy, the
results of which may be very serious for Armenia. Answering Noyan
Tapan’s question, what does he think about the connection between
such approach of the US and possible development of processes in
Armenia itself, Hovhannes Hovhannisian answered: “I wouldn’t like
the US to carry on negative policy in relation to Armenia. If it
begins speaking to Russia in a rigid language this will become a very
heavy burden.” According to him, the reason of a rigid policy that
may be carried on by the US in relation to Armenia may become the
corruption existing in all spheres, the totalitarian order and the
fact that all the economic levers are in the hands of a small group
of persons.” As for the forthcoming visit of RF President Vladimir
Putin to Yerevan, the LPPA leader declared that he considers this
visit in the context of Russian-American negotiations connected with
the post-Soviet countries, i.e., according to him, the US raised and
is realizing the exact problem of democratization of the post-Soviet
area while Russia continues considering the post-Soviet countries its
out-post. In H.Hovhannisian’s estimation, the way out of the formed
situation may be Russia’s concentration on its domestic problems
“the number of which is sufficient” and V.Putin should display the
corresponding political will for this.