LEVON MELIK-SHAHNAZARYAN: "FROM TIME TO TIME WE SHOULD REMIND THAT ARMENIAN PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE BUT IS ABLE TO FIGHT"

Today.Az
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Feb 11 2009
Azerbaijan

"A noble approach is not a sign of cowardice, the need for this
statement appeared long ago", said political scientist Levon
Melik-Shahnazaryan, answering the question whether it could be said
that the Munich statement of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
may influence the logics of the process of the Karabakh conflict
settlement.

The political scientist also noted that he has not heard such
statements for long and as the Armenian citizen he felt pride for
this. It should be reminded that Armenian President, in particular,
said that "we are not afraid of war, but we do not want it".

Melik-Shahnazaryan said that when a state claims that it will reach its
goal by force and the other state speaks of the peaceful resolution of
the problem, the world attention concentrates on the state, voicing
bellicose statements.

"From time to time we should remind that our people do not like
fighting but we are people who is able to fight", said the political
scientist noted that when needed Armenians attain their goals on the
field of battle.

The political scientist called President Serzh Sargsyan’s statement
"the very correct approach" as the world should understand that
"noble approach is not an approach of a coward".

He also noted that the statements of the Armenian President are so
correct that Mamedyarov felt "the threat".

But the political scientist will not feel optimistic about resolution
of the conflict until "Azerbaijan gets arms, until Azerbaijan breeds
hatred towards Armenians and sooner or later this hatred will explode",
considers Melik-Shahnazaryan.