ARMENIAN COMMUNIST DENIES AZERBAIJANI DISINFORMATION ON KARABAKH

Aysor
Nov 3 2009
Armenia

Chairman of the Communist Party of Armenia Ruben Tovmasyan denied
disinformation spread by Azerbaijani media outlets that ‘Armenian
communists agree Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is Azerbaijani territory’.

When asked by correspondent of Panorama on-line paper whether Armenian
Communist Party’s members singly met with Azerbaijani delegation during
the Communist Congress in Moscow and moreover discussed settlement of
Karabakh conflict, chairman of the Communist Party of Armenia Ruben
Tovmasyan said no.

Ruben Tovmasyan confirmed the participation of Armenian delegation in
the 34th Communist Parties Congress held in Moscow on October 24. "It
is not true, regarding to the ‘meeting with Azerbaijani delegation’.

We sat in the same room, corridor, said "hello" – that’s all. Neither
meeting or discussion or view’s sharing happened," assumed Ruben
Tovmasyan.

Meanwhile, in an interview with Azerbaijani media, chairman of
the Communist Party of Azerbaijan Rauf Gurbanov said: "We have no
disagreement with Armenian communists that Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
belongs to Azerbaijan. They openly acknowledge it and this is not
the first time they declared it since they do it always."

This statement made by neighboring communist highly angered Armenia’s
communist number one. Ruben Tovmasyan said that this would be "apogee
of Azerbaijani lie" if Gurbanov had really voiced it.

"I wouldn’t like to hear such Armenian-communist-party-related
statements. If Gurbanov can show off to their local communists – it’s
his private business. But I haven’t discussed any item with Gurbanov
so let him never practice mistaking wishes for reality," he said.

"We always held on to sovereignty of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and
up to now set out that Karabakh has gained independence, has its own
Parliament and perfectly copes with statecraft," added Ruben Tovmasyan.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress