Samvel Nikoyan: Levon Ter-Petrosyan made it clear for his allies that he wants to retireJuly 26, 2010 - 18:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Vice-Chairman of the RA National Assembly Samvel Nikoyan said that he estimates negatively the statement of Armenia’s first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan during the 16th congress of the Armenian National Movement that Armenia’s development is impossible without the Armenian-Turkish normalization and Karabakh conflict settlement. The statement weakens the foundations of the Armenian state, Nikoyan told a press conference in Yerevan. “Turkey conditions the Armenian-Turkish border opening by NKR’s surrender to Azerbaijan. In other words, the current stance of Armenia’s first president on the Karabakh conflict does not differ from the one presented in his famous article - War or Peace,” said Nikoyan. “The statement was a message for the first president’s allies that his stance on the Karabakh conflict remains unchanged and active actions should not be expected of him. In other words, Levon Ter-Petrosyan made it clear for his allies that he wants to retire,” concluded Nikoyan. Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. Partner news | POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |