EX-RULING PARTY MEMBER PESSIMISTIC ABOUT AUTHORITIES’ ABILITY TO SETTLE KARABAKH CONFLICT
Panorama.am
18:16 23/07/2007
Gagik Minasyan, a member of finance, credit and budgeting interim
commission of the Armenian parliament, said "Armenia’s foreign policy
arsenal has not been used up" speaking to reporters today.
Minasyan said Armenia may freeze the negotiations unless Nagorno
Karabakh representatives are recognized as negotiating parties. He
also said Armenia may recognize Nagorno Karabakh Republic without
waiting for the end of negotiations.
Aram Manukyan, member of Pan-Armenian National Movement, disagreed
with Minasyan saying ‘there is not diplomacy in the language of
blackmail." Manukyan said Armenia has not been taking part in the
integration processes whereas Turk-Georgian-Azerbaijani cooperation
and Russia’s weaker role in the region "step up Azerbaijan’s and cut
down Armenia’s role."
Doubting the ability of authorities-in-power to settle Karabakh
conflict, Manukyan asked rhetorically: " Don’t you cause harm to
Nagorno Karabakh with a criminal parliament, dram-dollar games and
Gyumri mayor Vardanik?" Manukyan also cast doubt on Armenia’s reported
progress saying the figures are "faked."
"Construction makes up the lion’s part of the economic growth," he
said. "You cannot Europeanize yourself and cannot settle Karabakh
conflict," Manukyan said addressing his opponent from the Armenian
parliament.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
