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YEREVAN (Yerkir)—The Armenia-Turkey protocols
are being used to pressure Armenia on the Karabakh issue, said
Armenian Revolutionary Federation Political Affairs Director
Giro Manoyan, reiterating his party’s position that since Turkey
has changed the rules of the game, Armenia should pull out from
the process or say that they have failed.
According to Manoyan, who was speaking at a
press conference Tuesday, the Karabakh conflict resolution
process would have been very different if Turkey did not place
the preconditions on the protocol ratification process.
The current climate of pressure on Armenia
allowed Azeri President Ilham Aliyev to go a step further and,
on the eve of scheduled talks with his Armenian counterpart,
make military threats against Armenia, said Manoyan who went on
to criticize Armenia’s official handling of this situation and
other such incidents during this tense diplomatic process.
Manoyan pointed out that Armenia’s response
to the Azeri president’s remarks was insufficient. He argued
that it was unsatisfactory for the president’s spokesperson to
announce that Armenia will recognize Karabakh’s independence in
the event of military aggression by Azerbaijan, explaining that
in the event of an Azeri attack, Armenia should be calling for
uniting Armenia with Karabakh.
The ARF leader also criticized other
announcements by Armenian officials, whereby Aliyev’s statements
were characterized as “for domestic consumption.”
“What does it mean that it is for internal
consumption when we can hear it too,” said Manoyan, stressing
the importance of an effective response from the Armenian
authorities.
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