Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

"We Won't Create Problem For The President Of The Country And Coalit

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • "We Won't Create Problem For The President Of The Country And Coalit

    "WE WON'T CREATE PROBLEM FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY AND COALITION COLLEAGUES"
    Margaret Yesayan

    Aravot.am
    03 May 06

    - the NA chairman Arthur Baghdasarian declared in the interview
    given to our newspaper, not excluding the "Orinats Erkir" prospect
    of leaving the coalition.

    - Mr. Baghdasarian, there is an impression that you are ready to
    leave the coalition, is it so, and when will you declare about it?

    - "Orinats Erkir" party became a part of coalition in 2003 and signed
    a memorandum in 2006 as not end in itself about which I have had an
    occasion and opportunity to say in "Aravot", too. Neither the National
    Assembly of third holding nor the coalition is eternal. I'm sure nobody
    will argue this. It's obvious that there are serious discrepancies for
    leaving the coalition. Yes, I declared, we won't create difficulties
    for the President of the country or for our coalition colleagues and
    if there will be incompatibility of our ideas and ways of action,
    "Ordinates Erik" will leave the coalition.

    - In your opinion, how this incompatibility can be displayed, why
    did the interview to the German newspaper cause so many dissents?

    - You know, when "OE" was accused of populism in 2003, it was
    understandable a little, it was electoral year, and pre-election
    passions weren't calmed down yet. When the same was being done in
    2004, it was surprising, and it became meaningless in 2005 because
    there was enough time to understand that neither my official visits
    to foreign countries, nor, working visits to the regions of Armenia,
    nor formation of councils at the NA chairman, and nor active speeches
    of the "OE" members were populism, there were usual, parliamentary
    works as we understand the legislative and political activities of
    the elected representative of the people. And on the other hand I
    haven't said to any newspaper anything new which deny my public
    speeches. I don't exclude they could also be dissents as there
    was a free interview lasting an hour. I can say the meaning of my
    interview in a sentence; "To Europe, keeping relative relations with
    Russia." This was the meaning. Finally, when it is said that the
    future of Armenia isn't "Russia-Byelorussia" ally, is obvious for
    everyone. And why has the commission of Eurointegration been formed
    in the NA since 2003, for becoming the "Russia-Byelorussia" member
    or deepening the collaboration with the European institutions and
    forming grounds for the EU membership. First of all Russia itself
    doesn't consider NATO as its enemy, which I have said in Saint
    Petersburg, that it isn't allowed to contrast Russia with the EU,
    that Armenia won't wake up as the NATO member. Eventually NATO has
    both military and political components and there are countries,
    which become members of political component. That means there are
    a lot of versions of deepening collaboration. By the way the same
    Russia wants to deepen the relations with NATO, forming NATO-Russia
    council by declaration of Roma. The same Vladimir Putin answering to
    the question of German journalist has said that the official Moscow
    can discuss the problem of joining with NATO, though Russia is able
    to defend itself. Finally such things are solve!

    d neither by interviews nor in a month or in a year and I haven't
    spoken about NATO membership. I have spoken about the project of
    personal partnership between Armenia and NATO and the prospect of
    deepening Euro Atlantic collaboration. As regards the Armenian-Russian
    relations I highly appreciate it and I have said about it in the
    same interview. I have also said about it in Washington, Brussels and
    Moscow. And I, as a politician, see my country in the Western value
    system; it doesn't mean at all that I'm against Armenian-Russian
    relative relations.

    - According to our information, the State Duma deputy Constantine
    Zatulin in the sitting of Armenian-Russian inter-Parliamentary
    commission has accused you of making speech in the Kiev Maydan. Is
    it so?

    - I'm not going to comment Zatulin's words, I'll say the following,
    I'm the chairman of the parliament of an independent country and I
    have made a speech by Victor Yushchenko's invitation and I've greeted
    the Ukrainian people on the occasion of their state holiday. I'm for
    relative and not vassal relations with Russia as that same Zatulin
    considers.

    - Don't you think that everything started from your speech about
    privatization, serious corruption accusations were made?

    - My speech was addressed to the phenomenon and not to the
    persons. The fact that schools, nursery schools, colleges can't be
    privatized in Armenia is a ///. We have declared from the first
    day coming to power that we'll work and fight for democratic and
    social-economic reforms. And we have been honest in our way; we have
    acted transparently and publicly. We have kept our principality inside
    coalition, too respecting the principles of our colleagues. Armenia
    must be the country of the future. Some people compare difficulties
    with sunset while they are temporary prohibitions of a great
    travel. Some part of people fight believing in the future. While others
    afraid of the future having an apprehension that the failures of the
    past can be repeated. But we shouldn't afraid of our future; we should
    fight for our future and those progressive values, which we have, for
    that belief which we cherish, for those ideas to which we are devoted.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Working...
X