ACCORDING TO GALUST SAHAKIAN, COUNCIL OF EUROPE SHOULD NOT BE SO NOT SERIOUS TO TRY TO PUSH BACK ARMENIA FROM EUROPEAN VALUES

Noyan Tapan

Dec 26, 2008

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. "As fate has willed it, the sword
of Damocles constantly hangs above Armenia. However no one can stop
the course we have adopted," Galust Sahakian, the Vice-Chairman of
the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), stated at the December 26
press conference touching upon the prospect of depriving the Armenian
delegation of the vote in PACE.

According to the RPA figure, the Armenian people being slaughtered by
Muslim world representatives has renounced their values and chosen the
European development way. Now, according to G. Sahakian, the Council
of Europe should not be so not serious to push Armenia back from the
European world and to impel it to the Muslim one.

G. Sahakian added that some forces in the home political sphere,
which many years ago were for brotherly relations with Azerbaijan,
now "exert pressure" on European structures and do their best for
sanctions to be used towards Armenia. G. Sahakian did not render it
more clear which those forces are, but said that he does not consider
them a normal opposition. According to his observation, today in the
political sphere there is no proper opposition to conduct a dialogue
and to cooperate with.

"Certainly, it would be pleasant if only good words were said for
us at all international structures, but it should not damage our
national security," G. Sahakian said. He added that he considers those
imprisoned on the March 1 case his friends and would like "a message
on releasing them to be issued just tomorrow." However, according to
RPA Vice-Chairman’s observation, that issue should be solved on the
legal plane, otherwise their release can endanger the country.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress