news.am, Armenia
Jan 9 2010

So many breakdowns in Armenian foreign policy in 2009: V. Karapetyan

13:23 / 01/09/2010There were many breakdowns in Armenia’s foreign
policy within last year and all because of regressive democracy and
opposition persecutions, ANC Foreign Relations committee head Vladimir
Karapetyan told NEWS.am.

`The major contentious process I wish to point out is incredible
excitement of Turkey in Karabakh issue, which is a result of Armenian
authorities’ breakdowns. That is their mistakes brought about the
situation, when Turkey became a full-fledged player in the solution to
the regional issues in the eyes of international community. Besides,
no breakthrough is registered in Karabakh peace process, plus the
prospects of the advantageous processes to Armenia are pretty vague,’
Karapetyan said.

Among the positive achievements of 2009, the oppositionist mentioned
raising interest of the leading international structures towards
democratization in Armenia. `This interest is so far subpar, however
positively the dialogue with Armenia on observance of human rights is
resumed. This was done in the frames of Eastern Partnership program
while being a separate course itself,’ ANC spokesperson concluded.

S.T.