VARDAN KHACHATRYAN: "FOREIGN FACTOR HAS NEVER BEEN PRINCIPLE IN ARMENIAN ELECTIONS"

Panorama.am
17:33 14/12/2007

"Those countries counteract against foreign influences where the
public and the authorities are of the same will," Vardan Khachatryan,
deputy of parliament and secretary of Zharangutiun political board,
told a discussion organized on the topic of "The role of foreign
factor influence in elections."

In this relation, he underscored Nagorno Karabakh conflict pinpointing
that some moves are recorded that are not positive in their dynamics
for us. "We have shifted from the field of challenges to the field
of threats," Khachatryan said also saying that the suggestions that
Minsk Group co-chairs try to bring into "Christian form" are based
on the principle of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity principle.

He did not accept the viewpoint expressed during the discussion that
Armenia is like a stone on the road of civilizations that does not
interest anyone since its role is diminishing in the region. "Our
region is of a crucial position and they cannot be indifferent to
that," Zharagutiun deputy said, also saying the "authoritarian regime"
will change in Armenia and "sooner or later in this or next elections"
democracy will be formed. He said luckily the foreign factor has
never had a crucial role in the electoral processes in Armenia.