FORMER RA FOREIGN MINISTER: RUSSIA HAS KEY OF NAGORNO KARABAKH SETTLEMENT

Noyan Tapan
Jan 21, 2010

YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The court sentence passed on the
case of Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper’s editor-in-chief Nikol Pashinian
was unprecedented in its whole essence. Former RA Foreign Minister,
Armenian National Congress member Alexander Arzumanian stated at
a January 21 press conference. In response to the question of why
the court sentenced N. Pashinian to seven years’ imprisonment while
the prosecution party demanded six years A. Arzumanian said that
he does not understand judge Mnatsakan Martirosian’s motivation and
that question should be asked to the person giving an instruction to
the latter.

Speaking about Armenian-Turkish relations A. Arzumanian declared
that their improvement is closely connected with developments in the
Nagorno Karabakh settlement. "Turkey has been declaring it constantly,
from the moment of signing the protocols, several times a day, at
the highest level," he mentioned.

According to A. Arzumanian, Turkey and Russia have coinciding economic
interests and from that point of view Armenia’s vital interests are a
"small change" for Russia. Reminding that Armenia’s football diplomacy
started from RA President’s visit to Moscow the ANC representative
said that Russia also has the key of Nagorno Karabakh settlement. "And
Armenia as a vassal state does what its elder brother dictates," A.

Arzumanian added.

Commenting upon RA Constitutional Court’s decision on the protocols he
stressed that it consists of only one sentence. The rest part of the
text, according to A. Arzumanian, is just a preamble, in which many
good wishes, as well as, for instance, the novel 40 Days of Musa Dag
can be written. And, according to him, RA CC has a rich experience
of writing good wishes.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress