NALBANDYAN IS ONLY A `SMALL SCREW’

Lragir.am
15:01:49 – 24/07/2009

The former minister of foreign affairs of Armenia Aleksandr Arzumanyan
considers the latest developments in connection with the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue very worrying. `In the present situation of
Armenia, Nalbandyan, being foreign minister in Serge Sargsyan’s system,
is just a small screw. This is totalitarian regime, where decisions are
taken by one person. In this case, Nalbandyan’s resignation would not
have any essential impact. This is the reason why the Armenian National
Congress points out Serge Sargsyan’s resignation as the only way out of
this situation. I think from this point of view, those, who demand
Nalbandyan’s resignation, should demand the resignation of the person,
who is directly responsible for the situation.

According to Alik Arzumanyan, by replacing one `small screw’ with
another one nothing will change in this system.

In answer to the question if it was not the same during their
government, as he played the same role as Nalbandyan, Alik Arzumanyan
stated that at that time there was no totalitarian system. There was a
mechanism of taking collegial decisions and anyone may agree or
disagree.