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POLITICIAN: ARMENIA MAY BECOME AN ARENA FOR SHOWDOWN BETWEEN SUPERPOWERS
ARMINFO
Thursday, February 7, 21:44
Armenia may become an arena for showdown between the superpowers,
Ashot Manucharyan, member of Karabakh Committee, former advisor of
the first Armenian President for National Security Affairs, said at
today's press conference.
He said that until very recently the Armenian authorities demonstrated
their commitment to European values and their willingness to cooperate
with Europe and the USA, however, everything has changed after the
Russian delegation's visit, and an agreement on military and technical
cooperation will shortly be signed.
"Certainly, this complicates the situation in the West, they see
Moscow's support and its increasing impact, consequently they will
try to disharmonize the relations between the countries and create
a chaos", Manucharyan said.
He added that the assassination attempt against presidential
candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan can be considered in this context, as the
assassination attempt was against the candidate known as a "national
symbol". As regards Hayrikyan's statement that the attack was organized
by the survivals of the Soviet KGB, Manucharyan considers it to be
an improbable version, as there are no such survivals any more.
To remind, leader of the National Self-Determination Union,
presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan was shot in the shoulder Jan 31
night and taken to hospital. He underwent surgery and on Feb 5 he told
journalists that he felt good and did not consider the assassination
attempt to be an obstacle for continuation of the election campaign.
From: A. Papazian
ARMINFO
Thursday, February 7, 21:44
Armenia may become an arena for showdown between the superpowers,
Ashot Manucharyan, member of Karabakh Committee, former advisor of
the first Armenian President for National Security Affairs, said at
today's press conference.
He said that until very recently the Armenian authorities demonstrated
their commitment to European values and their willingness to cooperate
with Europe and the USA, however, everything has changed after the
Russian delegation's visit, and an agreement on military and technical
cooperation will shortly be signed.
"Certainly, this complicates the situation in the West, they see
Moscow's support and its increasing impact, consequently they will
try to disharmonize the relations between the countries and create
a chaos", Manucharyan said.
He added that the assassination attempt against presidential
candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan can be considered in this context, as the
assassination attempt was against the candidate known as a "national
symbol". As regards Hayrikyan's statement that the attack was organized
by the survivals of the Soviet KGB, Manucharyan considers it to be
an improbable version, as there are no such survivals any more.
To remind, leader of the National Self-Determination Union,
presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan was shot in the shoulder Jan 31
night and taken to hospital. He underwent surgery and on Feb 5 he told
journalists that he felt good and did not consider the assassination
attempt to be an obstacle for continuation of the election campaign.
From: A. Papazian