MP ARMEN ASHOTYAN CALLS ASHOT BLEYAN TRAITOR TO THE NATION

ArmRadio.am
04.07.2006 16:38

The interview of the US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew
Bryza and the famous statement of the mediators continue to stay in
the center of attention and become subjected to various comments. A
dispute over the current state of the Karabakh conflict was launched
today between President of the "New Way" NGO, former Deputy Ashot
Bleyan and young Republican Armen Ashotyan.

According to Bleyan, Yerevan should establish friendly relations with
neighboring Baku, thus promoting Armenia’s development.

Republican Armen Ashotyan assimilates Ashot Bleyan’s suggestion with
a conspiracy.

"You have blurred the Karabakh issue, now go and find edges of
peace with Baku," suggested Ashot Bleyan, who considers Azerbaijan
a potential strategic partner and wants to go to Baku not through
Vienna, but via a direct Yerevan-Baku highway.

Armen Ashotyan sincerely confessed that he is very surprised with
the on-line contact with Bleyan and named him a traitor to the nation.

"We should respect our neighbor Azerbaijan," Bleyan confirmed. In
his opinion, Armenia is a loser in the Karabakh issue, and out loss
is irretrievable.

For Armen Ashotyan maintenance of the status quo in Karabakh is
acceptable.

He will stand for the deployment of peacekeeping forces if a referendum
is held in Karabakh parallel to the withdrawal of our forces.