VARDAN OSKANIAN INTENDS TO PROMOTE ACTIVITY IN CIVIL SPHERE IN FUTURE
Noyan Tapan
April 9, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian people should defend its
success to be able to build its next steps on the basis of them. RA
Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian expressed such an opinion in his April
9 interview to journalists. "If we do not recognize our achievements,
we will not be able to ensure their permanence," the Minister said.
Touching upon the prospects of Nagorno Karabakh settlement, V. Oskanian
said that Armenia’s further participation in the negotiations process
depends on some conditions. According to him, if Azerbaijan "wishes
to change the accentuations, Armenia should also take the respective
steps." And if Azerbaijan remains loyal to the principles stated in
the current document, according to the Foreign Minister, that way is
right and should be continued.
According to V. Oskanian, it will be right that a Foreign Minister
elected by the President be by his side, with whom he will be able
to work well.
Though V. Oskanian is not tired having worked as Foreign Minister for
10 years, he considers that the change will be right. "I have also
said to the President and will say to the new Minister that I am in
Yerevan, there is a possibility of only one call and if necessary,
I am ready to assist for the future leadership to be able to work
efficiently," the Foreign Minister said.
In response to the question about his future plans V. Oskanian
said that in the initial period he would like to be engaged in not
political, but civil matters. The Foreign Minister imagines his
further activity in the foreign political sphere through creation of
a respective center, which will organize discussions. V. Oskanian’s
personal plans, according to him, are still at the stage of
crystallization, and he will declare his concrete steps later.