AT LEAST WE’LL GET TO SASUN AND ENTER VAN

Lragir.am
15:21:04 – 31/10/2008

The deputy speaker of Parliament Hrair Karapetyan, member of the
ARF Dashnaktsutyun, stated October 31 that the Azerbaijani army is
not stronger than our army, our army is effective, and if Azerbaijan
launches a war, it should be mindful that this time Armenia may advance
so as to set up land communication with Russia. No doubt, Hrair
Karapetyan means that our force may reach the Azerbaijani-Russian
border and take it under control. Besides, Hrair Karapetyan also
said that when facing the danger of war our society should not fly
into a panic and take the defensive side but know that we are able
to solve greater problems, including not only our military but also
economic security, getting an outlet to the sea to solve the problem
of lifting the blockade, getting new territories.

Hrair Karapetyan said "we gave a chance to Turkey and Azerbaijan
with the football diplomacy, which was not used, however." In answer
to Hrair Karapetyan’s statements that we will be able to achieve a
major goal in the form of having border with Russia and an outlet to
the sea, the reporters asked what in that case we are waiting for,
and why we do not start solving our problems, since they will not
get solved unless someone declares a war on us.

"No, I am not joking. Let us remember now, who would think before the
liberation war in Artsakh that Artsakh and the adjacent territories
would be Armenian? Only the members of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun, their
supporters or people with national mindset. And who can guarantee
that in five or ten years what I said plus the rest of Armenia will
not come true," Hrair Karapetyan says. The reporters noted that this
is why they are saying that maybe it is time we launched the war and
solved problems.

"No, you see, we did not launch the war in Artsakh. We defended
ourselves, we launched a national liberation movement. Azerbaijan
attacked," Hrair Karapetyan says. "Azerbaijan attacked. We cannot
be an aggressor because this situation favors us. If it is set down
internationally, if this situation is set down, it fully favors us
in terms of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. But we
must also respond to those militaristic statements for our people to
realize that we are able to advance if the rival tries to exterminate
Armenians in Armenia. And by saying Armenia I mean Karabakh. And the
experience of Georgia should also be taken into account, today the
international situation is such that the aggressor loses," said the
member of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun.