ARF-DASHNAKTSUTYUN IS CONVINCED THAT BAGHDASARYAN WAS UNAWARE

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05:57 pm | April 29, 2009 | Politics

"We are convinced that our concerns over Armenian-Turkish relations
are grounded," Leader of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun, Vahan Hovhannisyan
said to A1+.

He says that the so-called road-map doesn’t exist in reality. The
sides simply reached a verbal agreement. "The road-map is concealed
as it doesn’t exist as such."

In reply to our question whether the confidentiality doesn’t create
tension, Mr. Hovhannisyan said: "Surely, it does. The Ministry
of Foreign Affairs states that especially journalists must rely
on official data. But if no information is available, journalists
simply surf in Azeri websites day.az" or"Sabax". It is a pity, but
this is resulted by the silence of official sources. Here we deal
with national security."

Vahan Hovhannisyan couldn’t explain the silence of our official
sources. "Generally, such negotiations are kept confidential. But if
the statement of April 22-23 was really as "innocent" as they say,
the coalition forces should have been informed about it."

With regard to the National Security Council Secretary Arthur
Baghdasaryan’s statement that the coalition forces were aware of
Armenian-Turkish relations, Mr. Hovhannisyan said: "Yes, we were
aware of the events of the last seven months but we didn’t know that
the parties were going to make a joint statement. I am convinced that
Mr. Baghdasaryan wasn’t aware of the statement either. But he doesn’t
care for the statement. "

Reflecting on Armenian-Turkish relations, Armen Rustamyan said,
"The National Assembly must hold a tougher posture differing from
the state official policy. The National Assembly must be freer in
its activities."