COUNCIL OF EUROPE NOT TO SUCCUMB TO PRESSURES
Hayots Ashkharh Daily
24 Dec 2008
Armenia
The media supporting the Armenian Pan-National Movement have
long ago fallen into the habit of distorting the statements of
politicians and disseminating misinformation. GALOUST SAHAKYAN,
Head of the RPA parliamentary faction, has also become a target of
such speculations. In an interview with the correspondent of "Hayots
Ashkharh", Mr. Sahakyan yesterday touched upon the "accusations"
addressed to him.
"Even if the Council of Europe deprives our delegation of the right
to vote, it will not mean that Armenia does not have a European system
of values. The path towards the European development is beneficial to
our nation and state. Besides, we are the participant of such positive
progress, and have had our investment in the process over centuries.
At different stages of our history, the foreign forces have tried
to coerce us into adopting the European system of values, but they
never succeeded in their efforts. They didn’t even manage to reach
their goal by committing massacres and Genocide.
Europe has to realize that Armenia is not solving technical problems
by joining different European structures. The thing is that the system
of Armenian values in major part coincides with the European ones. We
ourselves have undertaken certain commitments, and we do not renounce
them . The neighboring Muslim states have closed the borders and roads
and encircled our country. Therefore, Europe should not continue the
practice of isolating our country.
It’s not accidental that only 10 out of the 80 members of the PACE
Monitoring Committee are participating in the discussion devoted
to Armenia.
At the same time, it is visible how many of them succumb to the
foreign pressures and to what extent the task of depriving the Armenian
delegation of the right to vote is valued in the Council of Europe.
I do believe that the Council of Europe is a sensible organization
and will not succumb to the pressures of the Muslims, as it did last
year and in 1915.