RA PRESIDENT’S SPOKESPERSON SURPRISED AT STATEMENTS OF MATTHEW BRYZA

Noyan Tapan
March 18, 2008

YEREVAN, MARCH 18, NOYAN TAPAN. "I became acquainted with the
statements of Matthew Bryza, the Deputy Assistant of the U.S. Secretary
of State and a co-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group, which were made
after leaving Armenia with surprise as I am well aware of the details
of his meeting with the RA President and could not compare them
with the further statements of Matthew Bryza," Viktor Soghomonian,
the Spokesperson of the RA President, declared at the March 17 press
conference.

In his words, "surely everybody understands that the security of
the people is primary" and "the main essence" of March 1-2 and the
further events "is the following: we did not defend a certain group
or were not against certain people, the Armenian democracy has just
defended itself from demagogy, which is obvious." Viktor Soghomonian
added that "this approach: to defend democracy and the people from
demagogy, manifestations of extremity, in my opinion, is well known
in the United States as well." It was mentioned that this approach
was used by the United States of America for many times "in the war
years against terrorism." "There have been decisions, which, perhaps,
have caused issues connected with the degree of democracy, which were
treated with comprehension by the world understanding that under the
current conditions the most important thing is to defend democracy and
the people, the security of the country," Viktor Soghomonian mentioned.