WILL NEXT PARLIAMENT CHANGE FOREIGN POLICY OF ARMENIA

Lragir.am
23 June 06

The issue of Karabakh will not be manipulated during the election
campaign in 2007, stated Shavarsh Kocharyan, the leader of the
National Democratic Party, on June 23 at the Pastark Club. He thinks
that Karabakh did not become a subject of manipulations even when the
home political situation was the tensest. However, Shavarsh Kocharyan
also thinks that the political forces must make the Karabakh issue a
matter of discussion in the campaign for the parliament but it should
not be confined to judgments about "giving up or not giving up,"
there should be a conceptual approach. Shavarsh Kocharyan thinks
it is important because he says there is necessity to change the
foreign political line of Armenia. According to the leader of the
National Democratic Party, it should be done by the next parliament.
According to Shavarsh Kocharyan, Azerbaijan makes efforts to present
Armenia to international organizations as an aggressor. The leader
of the National Assembly thinks that the reason is the policy of
Armenia on the settlement. "My opinion is that the new parliament
should make a political declaration, and it has the right to do it
under the new Constitution, which will enable protecting the efforts
of the executive power by the political will of the legislative on the
one hand, and on the other hand, will create a favorable atmosphere,"
says Shavarsh Kocharyan. According to him, the present government
of Armenia cannot change this political line because it is not
legitimate. Shavarsh Kocharyan considers the statement of the next
parliament and change of the political line possible only through a
legitimate election in compliance with European standards.