WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY TRADE IN ISSUE OF NATIONAL-STATE INTERESTS, INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY STATES

NOYAN TAPAN

JU LY 21

On July 21, the Institute of Human Rights and Democracy expressed
much concern with the statements voiced by the RA authorities lately
and their initiatives over the Artsakh problem and Armenian-Turkish
relations.

According to the statement authors, since Armenia’s becoming
independent in 1991 all RA authorities have had the same defeatest
position in national-state foreign political issues. In 1996 such a
position became one of the main reasons of distrust to the authorities,
which in 1998 resulted in the first President’s resignation. It is
mentioned that the RA authorities’ duty is to rule the country by
serving the interests of Armenian people and Armenian statehood and
following the principles of human rights and democracy.

"Our current political and public elites have again opened the "gates"
of our statehood "stronghold" and each tries to certify his being a
"good servant" to "foreign rulers" by conceding the national-state
interests for receiving or retaining the power, being ready for any
step," the statement of the Institute reads mentioning as evidence
UN General Assembly’s Resolution N A/62/L.42, PACE June Resolution
N 1614 regarding Azerbaijan, as well as statements and initiatives
made by Armenian officials of highest level and foreign diplomats.

"Another manifestation of the position defying our nation’s dignity
is official steps of questioning the Armenian Genocide at the highest
level and making friendly gestures to the Turkish authorities. All this
followed the unfair February elections casting doubt on RA authorities’
legitimacy and the March 1 violence and arbitrary actions. We will
not accept any trade over the Artsakh problem, Armenian Genocide,
and any other problem contradicting the vital interests of the whole
Armenian people and statehood. We sound an alarm and warn that in
case of undertaking such a trade the Armenian people with its whole
potential and organized constructions will rise more strongly in
Armenia, Artsakh, and the Diaspora AGAINST the RA authorities and
perverted elites being their satellite," the statement read.