SPEAKER OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT DRAWS GORAN LENNMARKER’S ATTENTION TO MILITARIST STATEMENT OF AZERI LEADERSHIP
ArmInfo
2009-02-09 19:18:00
ArmInfo. During a meeting with OSCE PA President’s Special
Representative for the South Caucasus and Nagorno Karabakh Conflict
Goran Lennmarker, Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Hovik
Abrahamyan confirmed the official position of Yerevan according
to which there is no alternative to the peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Abrahamyan also drew the OSCE representative’s attention to militarist
statements of Azerbaijan, which prove that the neighboring country
wants no settlement of the conflict, otherwise they would try to
prepare their public for peaceful settlement. According to Abrahamyan,
the Azeri authorities show themselves as adherents of peaceful
settlement during the talks while in their country they continue
coming out with threats and appeals to war and propagandizing hatred.
The Speaker stressed that by proclaiming European integration as
political priority, Armenia is interested in the soonest settlement
on the basis of compromises, in the peaceful way. This will also
contribute to deepening of democratic processes and reforms. Abrahamyan
thinks that Armenia should establish good- neighborly relations
with all its neighbors, and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s
initiative to invite Turkish President Abdullah Gul to Yerevan was
the best example of this. At the same time, Abrahamyan recalled that
Armenia has stated for several times its willingness to normalize
its relations with Turkey without any preconditions.
As regards the Karabakh peace process, Abrahamyan stressed the role
of Parliament and added that the National Assembly should become
a platform for discussions of the peace process with participation
of political forces and NGOs. In this context, he also stressed the
significance of development of parliamentary diplomacy.