STEPAN DEMIRCHYAN: 2009 WAS NOT A YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENTS
Lusine Vasilyan

"Radiolur"
16.12.2009 14:39

2009 was not a year of achievements, says Stepan Demirchyan, leader of
the People’s Party of Armenia. According to him, the political year
was significant for the signing of the Armenian-Turkish protocols,
the intensification of the efforts to solve the Karabakh issue and
an unprecedented economic downfall.

The Armenian-Turkish relations cannot be normalized at the expense
of national dignity, Stepan Demirchyan told a press conference today.

"It’s hardly possible for the Armenian-Turkish protocols to be ratified
without significant progress in the Karabakh settlement process,"
he said.

According to the assessment of the leader of the people’s Party of
Armenia, President’s Sargsyan’s statement about legislative changes
was made in response to the protraction of the ratification, and did
not mean refusal from the process.

"I don’t think Armenia will withdraw from the process. The world
powers are interested in both the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish
relations and the settlement of the Karabakh conflict," he said.
From: Baghdasarian