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    "THE AUTHORITY MUST BE READY TO REFUSE OF ITS POSITION"
    Margaret Yesayan

    Aravot.am
    1 July 06

    The leader of National Free Party of Armenia Hovhannes Hovhannisian
    says who is also sure that the opposition must be ready to take
    that authority.

    Mr. Hovhannisian, how do you remark declaration of the cochairmen
    that they refuse of negotiating, leaving the NK conflict settlement
    to the parties?

    The cochairmen showed by that declaration that they had been
    exasperated and that the OSCE didn't express a hope any more with
    Kocharian-Aliev negotiations. They understood that this way was
    expired. It became clear that Kocharian has negotiated during these
    years being ready for concessions, but Aliev did just the opposite. The
    negotiations have been failed as the result, which is full of danger.

    Some standpoints made by the international structures make an
    impression that Armenia isn't important for anyone, if it is so,
    in what the political powers of the country are engaged in?

    I also worry about those processes, which are outside, the process
    of the NK conflict settlement is being actively negotiated by
    the rules of the new game, and this is indeed a new thing, which
    didn't exist since '94. And showing the negotiating cards by the US
    means two things. The first is that, maybe the superpowers have got
    tired that the presidents of both countries keep everything under
    lock. It is obvious that there is no settlement in the result of
    the presidents' negotiations and the Americans have decided to show
    the cards making the societies to discuss the problem. The second
    can be the circumstance that they don't see the settlement of the
    conflict by the rules of the current game that's why they change the
    rules of the game. In any case, this situation isn't profitable for
    us at all, because the geopolitical balance of Azerbaijan grows,
    Baqu-Jeihan will be operated soon, Baqu-Erzrum gas pipeline, too,
    Kazakhstan -Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan gas pile lines are
    being constructed, and all these are a serious factor for Azerbaijan.

    Factually, you consider very realistic Ilham Aliev's declaration that
    Azerbaijan will become powerful soon and will be able to settle the
    NK conflict by force?

    The interests of superpowers of the world connect with the interests of
    Azerbaijan that is the superpowers must be interested in oil and gas
    pipelines secure operation and they must try to pay for that security
    and they must pay to Azerbaijan. Armenia as a factor has no card in
    it. In these conditions Azerbaijan makes rude declarations about the
    increase of military budget. And this means that Azerbaijan makes
    the superpowers of the world understand if they don't assist in the
    NK conflict, it will become powerful and settle the conflict itself,
    by force.

    Which are the ways, you produced such a sad picture, that we think
    we are in gridlock. But on the other hand we used to say nations'
    self-determination, European standards etc. Anyway can the ways be
    formed inside the country, in case of change of the home policy?

    Nowadays there is such a situation that some persons have privatized
    the NK conflict, I consider it their monopoly and they consult about
    it with nobody but this isn't the matter for one two, or four persons
    are engaged in, this refers to the whole Armenian people.

    Is there the opposition in Armenia and what future do you see for it?

    That question has been manipulated for many times. Everybody has
    the impression, that the authority powers become powerful, frighten
    people, and take some persons into their parties. I don't really
    understand in favor of what all these are done. The country shouldn't
    be monopolized. They have oligarchized and monopolized the economy,
    the policy, but they shouldn't monopolized the political processes,
    this is very dangerous and I don't think those people don't understand
    it. If they don't understand, it is bad but if they do it understanding
    it is worse. I don't refuse my ideas; the opposition must indeed
    try to form a new alliance, new power based on ideological ground,
    which must be ready to come to power. The authorities must be ready
    to refuse of their positions at any moment for saving the situation
    in Karabakh and Armenia.

    Certainly I have doubts that they will do so, because some people have
    pretended themselves Ludovik and think that they Armenia. The problem
    of the opposition in this situation must be to form very quickly an
    alternative for these authorities.
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