THE OPPOSITION IS MAKING CHANGES

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[08:00 pm] 18 September, 2008

Although the rally on September 15 was permitted, there was
an unprecedented amount of policemen standing on the streets of
Yerevan. Press speaker of the Armenian National Congress Arman Musinyan
stated today that according to their information, there were police
subdivisions from all provinces, except the Syunik Marz and there
was a lot of aggression.

"Before the rally there were violent acts, attacks on young activists
and an evident portrayal of aggression. It became clear to us that
the authorities intended on committing provocative acts and literally
massacre the citizens. Of course, we did not commit any provocative
acts. The national movement was satisfied with the rally and did not
organize a march", stated Arman Musinyan and added that the roots of
terrorist acts can be traced to the government.

Musinyan assured that that makes the opposition "make some changes in
its strategy", but claimed that that doesn’t mean less activism. In
regard to foreign policies, the press speaker noted that the national
movement is concerned with a couple of policies, such as the rumors
about the change in format of the OSCE Minsk Group and Turkey’s
intermediary role, the statement made by Turkey’s president regarding
Serzh Sargsyan’s decision to hand over the seized territories and the
fact that the RA government has given its consent to the proposal to
form a committee of Armenian and Turkish historians.

Musinyan stated that the authorities believe that there is no need to
change the format, but the problem is that a statement has already
been made. However, there is information regarding the signing of
unimportant documents, which goes to show that Turkey will have active
participation in the Karabakh conflict negotiations process.