Yerevan June 27
Ani Mshetsyan. The head of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Vice-Speaker of the RA National Assembly Arpine Hovhannisyan from the PACE tribune responded to the accusations of the delegate of Azerbaijan Sevinj Fataliyeva, about what a year after elections recognized as democratic, velvet revolution happened in Armenia.
"What happened in Armenia, is unreachable for the mentality of alievists, you just cannot understand it, this could never happen in Azerbaijan," – Hovhannisyan said stressing that in fact the parliamentary elections in Armenia were transparent and democratic, such assessments were officially made by all authoritative international organizations. "However, when it became clear that the political mood in the country is other and do not meet the expectations of the people, the head of state and the government resigned and handed over power to the opposition, and they did it on theiur own, without blood and violence, despite the fact that law enforcement officers could disperse protest actions, which demonstrates the maturity of democracy in Armenia," Hovhannisyan said.
She again stressed that in Azerbaijan, where the rights and freedoms of citizens and other democratic values are totally undermined, they will never understand the processes in Armenia. Values are quite different in Azerbaijan. You are a unique country, not only because you were involved in many international scandals, but also because you managed to implement your "values" even in the European structures, which have a long-term strong traditions and customs. These are not my personal assessments, these are facts," she said.
Touching upon the Karabakh conflict, Hovhannisyan stated that the goal of the Armenian side is to resolve the Karabakh conflict peacefully. "And I want to ask, why are you again concentrating military power to the contact line? Are you getting ready for war? And I want to emphasize – You should not pin hopes on the latest internal political processes in Armenia. We are, as always united on issues of national agenda, security and dignity, democracy and the rule of law," concluded Hovhannisyan.