DIASPORA HAS NO RIGHT TO CRITICIZE ARMENIAN PRESIDENT: ABRAHAMYAN

Tert.am
18:15 06.10.09

U.S., French and Lebanese citizens must not make assessments of the
Armenian president, Armenian local daily Aravot Chief Editor Aram
Abrahamyan stated.

According to Abrahamyan, the Diaspora responds negatively to his
articles; they blame him for splitting the nation.

However, Aravot’s chief editor repeated his opinion that citizens
of the forementioned countries must make assessments of their own
country’s presidents.

"I can say that human rights are violated in Finland, but I will
not allow myself to say ‘Barack or Sarkozy, you are a traitor’,"
he emphasized.

Speaking about the establishment of Armenian-Turkish relations and
the protest demonstrations organized in different parts of the world,
Abrahamyan emphasized that he is more interested in the fact that
people still continue to remain in prison because of their political
views rather than in Armenian-Diaspora negotiations.

"I suppose that readers of my articles are also of the same opinion,"
he said.

Abrahamyan stated with regret that the topic of the establishment of
Armenian-Turkish relations prevails in the Armenian press. "I think
there are inner problems of more importance, which are connected with
fair elections, corruption, democracy, political prisoners and other
occurrences, which were placed on the back burner in connection with
these events," Abrahamyan concluded.