SERGE SARGSYAN – DOVE OF PEACE OR HAWK?
Support A1+!“People, who say that I started speaking of mutual concessions only recently, are mistaken. I have always spoken of a compromise settlement of the Karabakh conflict. Some people have just put on a play with those to order and perform”, Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan told journalists today.
In his words, the performers are some journalists and not the best ones. However he was indulgent to journalists as «they have to feed their families». The initiators were those who dropped out of the system because of bad work and now consider themselves democrats and reformers thus dropping a hint at recent statements by Vazgen Manukyan and Zhirayr Sefilyan. He also said that his own speech in the NA was assessed by Azeri press as militaristic. “Some called me a dove of freedom, some – a hawk”, Serge Sargsyan noted.
As for mutual concessions, the Defense Minister stated that the territories can be ceded only with exact guarantees, as Karabakh cannot be subordinate to Azerbaijan and cannot have status of an enclave. It should have overland communication with Armenia and participate in international processes.
