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ARMENIA'S VOTE AGAINST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S RESOLUTION ON UKRAINE RIGHT - ARMEN RUSTAMYAN
14:22 * 28.03.14
Armenia's vote "against" the US General Assembly's resolution on
Ukraine was right, Head of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) group Armen Rustamyan told reporters on Friday.
According to him, there is no difference between "against" and
"abstaining from voting."Moreover, by voting "against" Armenia clearly
demonstrated its position on double standards.
"Abstaining from voting is the same. So I prefer 'against," he said.
The 58 countries that abstained from voting actually showed they were
against the resolution.
"I do not forget about the 100 countries that voted for the resolution
as well. The point is that a referendum did take place, and we have
nothing to do with other issues. But Armenia cannot be against the
referendum that expressed popular will. No one doubts that Russians
constitute 75% of the Crimea population. Do not they want to join
Russia?"
Rustamyan is sure that the countries will change their opinion later,
which was the case in the Russian-Georgian war.
"The rest was the political interests that resulted in the application
of double standards. How can the 100 countries that voted against
explain their voting for Kosovo's self-determination? Because it was
in their interests?"
"We have our specific features, other conflicts theirs. I am against
identifying Nagorno-Karabakh with the Crimea, but we cannot say that
the right to self-determination and expression of free will is wrong,"
Rustamyan said.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/03/28/armen-rustamyan-vote/
14:22 * 28.03.14
Armenia's vote "against" the US General Assembly's resolution on
Ukraine was right, Head of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) group Armen Rustamyan told reporters on Friday.
According to him, there is no difference between "against" and
"abstaining from voting."Moreover, by voting "against" Armenia clearly
demonstrated its position on double standards.
"Abstaining from voting is the same. So I prefer 'against," he said.
The 58 countries that abstained from voting actually showed they were
against the resolution.
"I do not forget about the 100 countries that voted for the resolution
as well. The point is that a referendum did take place, and we have
nothing to do with other issues. But Armenia cannot be against the
referendum that expressed popular will. No one doubts that Russians
constitute 75% of the Crimea population. Do not they want to join
Russia?"
Rustamyan is sure that the countries will change their opinion later,
which was the case in the Russian-Georgian war.
"The rest was the political interests that resulted in the application
of double standards. How can the 100 countries that voted against
explain their voting for Kosovo's self-determination? Because it was
in their interests?"
"We have our specific features, other conflicts theirs. I am against
identifying Nagorno-Karabakh with the Crimea, but we cannot say that
the right to self-determination and expression of free will is wrong,"
Rustamyan said.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/03/28/armen-rustamyan-vote/