Armenia to advance peace agenda despite obstacles, says lawmaker

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YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, ARMENPRESS. Armenian authorities will carry on with the peace agenda regardless of the obstacles, ruling Civil Contract party lawmaker Arthur Hovhannisyan has said.

“We share the prime minister’s opinion that this wasn’t an attempt to lead the peace agenda into a deadlock,” Hovhannisyan said when asked to comment on latest aggressive rhetoric from Azerbaijan, which the Armenian PM said he hoped was not an attempt to derail the talks.

“But even if it was an attempt by Azerbaijan to bring the peace agenda into deadlock, this won’t anyhow stop our policy or agenda,” he added, noting that they are now trying to advance the peace agenda with international partners.

“Armenia does not have an agenda of war. Armenia has an agenda of peace, and we are moving on that path,” he said.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS