K. AVAGYAN: "NO MAJORITIES OR MINORITIES IN THE ARP"

Aysor
Feb 18 2010
Armenia

"There is no change of situation. The president has spoken abut
it clearly, there is no other opinion in the ARP concerning it",
– the deputy of the ARP Karen Avagyan assured on the meeting with
the journalists.

To the question, that some members of the ARP announced as if the
majority of the party is for the Armenian – Turkish protocols being
ratified by Armenia first, Avagyan answered that there is no "majority
or minority in the ARP."

Karen Avagyan convinced not to mix the "Republican" party with the
"Heritage" and assured that "the Armenian side will never ratify the
protocols first."

"I understand by these statements that the developments of the Karabakh
issue have brought to the idea that in order to avoid the possible
sanctions the Armenian side is urged to take up some measures. As
if a public opinion is being formed that Armenia should ratify the
Protocols beforehand", – Stepan Safaryan said.

"This is impossible, analyze as much as you wish, doesn’t matter,
we will not ratify it first", – mentioned Avagyan.

According to Safaryan, it is not the first time when the authorities
say something but do another thing. "Such kinds of statements, that
have later been changed, are too many. For example Sargsyan has told
that I will not live for Bursa as a simple tourist if the border is
closed or we are not close to opening it."

The ARP deputy noticed that "we are at the brink of opening the
boarder". The deputy of "Heritage" got surprised with such a "long
threshold".

How long will it take for the Armenian side to understand that Turkey
is artificially delaying the process? Karen Avagyan decided to answer
to the question from his name and not from the name of the party.

"I will speak from my side. That time limit for me is the April 24.

It’s wrong to put a date, to speak about a concrete day. I am taking
April 24 as a proximate deadline. And when it will be confirmed
that it is an artificial delay we will come out of the process", –
assured Avagyan