ARMENIAN FM PROMISES TO BE POLITICALLY ACTIVE DURING FORHTCOMING ELECTIONS

ARMINFO News Agency
October 11, 2006 Wednesday

Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan promises to be politically
active during the forthcoming elections.

Asked by Hayastani Hanrapetoutyun daily if he may become an active
politician, Oskanyan says that he is Armenian citizen, he and his
family live here and he wants to see Armenia stable, developed
and democratic. "I think that an election, especially presidential
election, is a historic occasion to do something. It is a new chance
for us and if we miss it, we will lose the next 10 years. That’s why
I am going to be politically active for resolving our national tasks,"
says Oskanyan.

To note, during a press-conference Oct 10 the vice speaker of the
Armenian parliament, member of the ARF Dashnaktsoutyun party Vahan
Hovhannissyan said that ARFD may nominate Oskanyan for presidency
in 2008.