SERGE SARGSYAN – DOVE OF PEACE OR HAWK?

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| 15:10:01 | 19-04-2005 | Politics |

“People, who say that I started speaking of mutual concessions
only recently, are mistaken. I have always spoken of a compromise
settlement of the Karabakh conflict. Some people have just put on
a play with those to order and perform”, Armenian Defense Minister
Serge Sargsyan told journalists today.

In his words, the performers are some journalists and not the best
ones. However he was indulgent to journalists as «they have to
feed their families». The initiators were those who dropped out of
the system because of bad work and now consider themselves democrats
and reformers thus dropping a hint at recent statements by Vazgen
Manukyan and Zhirayr Sefilyan. He also said that his own speech in
the NA was assessed by Azeri press as militaristic. “Some called me
a dove of freedom, some – a hawk”, Serge Sargsyan noted.

As for mutual concessions, the Defense Minister stated that the
territories can be ceded only with exact guarantees, as Karabakh cannot
be subordinate to Azerbaijan and cannot have status of an enclave. It
should have overland communication with Armenia and participate in
international processes.

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