Sharmazanov: Vocabulary of Co-Chairs reminds of vocabulary of Serzh Sargsyan (video)
Serzh Sargsyan’s reply to the statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs will take place within period set by law, said today the NA Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov during the briefing with journalists at the NA by touching upon the statement of the Co-Chairs in Vienna. The statement reads: “In light of the recent violence and the urgency of reducing tensions along the Line of Contact, we believe the time has come for the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to meet. Our Foreign Ministers are prepared to facilitate this meeting next week in Vienna.” Eduard Sharmazanov says that the vocabulary of the Co-Chairs reminds of the vocabulary of Serzh Sargsyan, “The vocabulary is in line with his statements in terms of both the reinforcement of confidence-building measures and maintenance of ceasefire. We can see that there is no issue on the new package of negotiations. There are proposals, which Serzh Sargsyan talked about.” Eduard Sharmazanov adds that the pessimistic statements of those political figures, who condemned that the conditions of Serzh Sargsyan did not meet our interests and would result in the conflict between the Co-Chairs and Armenia, didn’t come true. He also touched upon the interview of Armenia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan to one of Austrian newspapers, where Mr Kocharyan supports that arms embargo be imposed against South Caucasus states. “Shavarsh Kocharyan is a serious political figure, he is among those few people who fully master the Karabakh issue, he is a patriot, my senior friend, he expressed a very interesting viewpoint. The RA is a peace loving state, we only preach peace, we have never been delighted with the arms race and have always criticized it. While Azerbaijan is getting armed, Armenia should be guided by “If you want peace, prepare for war” principle. It is not only about Azerbaijan but also Turkey. Unfortunately, we live in the region, where we have two neighbors, and like Hitler and Mussolini Aliyev and Erdogan are competing, who is more fascist and Nazi.”
