ARMEN ASHOTYAN: "WE ARE READY BOTH FOR PEACE AND FOR WAR. AZERBAIJAN IS TO DECIDE"
Today, Azerbaijan
Dec 24 2007
"We are ready both for peace and for war. Azerbaijan is to decide",
Armen Ashotyan, deputy of the national assembly of Armenia, member
of permanent parliamentary commission for Eurointegration, member of
the Council of Republican Party of Armenia, said, commenting on the
pre-election situation in Armenia.
He noted that there weren’t any threats of color revolutions in
Armenia, as anti-Russian and other movements are absent in this
country.
He said answering the question about the highest rating among the
candidates to president, that the Prime Minister of Armenia, Serj
Sarkisyan is the strongest candidate according to public polls, carried
out both by local and foreign (British COMPES, US GALLUP) centers.
He noted that in case Serj Sarkisyan is elected, the approach to the
resolution of Nagorno-Garabagh problem will not change in Armenia.
"Like the people of Garabagh, we are for the peaceful settlement of
the conflict. Those who have been on war, value peace. I think the
bellicose Azerbaijani leadership sees Nagorno-Garabgh problem through
the prism of oil and gas pipes, unlike Heydar Aliyev, who was sure of
the lack of prospects and harmful nature of violence for suppression
of freedom-loving Garabagh residents and who signed an agreement on
reconciliation, which is still in force."
Ashotyan considers that Serj Sarkisyan, as a person, who led the
Garabagh Committee of Defense in 1989-1993 and been the Defense
Minister of Armenia (for almost 10 years) values peace.
"This peace between Nagorno Garabagh, Azerbaijan and Armenia took
too much from all of us. Another war would be an inexcusable luxury
for each of the three sides", he added.