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ARAM KARAPETYAN BRINGS OLD TIMES

Politics

Head of the “New Times” party Aram Karapetyan announced in the National Press Club that the coming authorities of Armenia will have better relationship with Russia. The reason of the announcement was the theme discussed in the Club – the Armenian-Russian relations. He claimed, “All the countries, even India will try to get into close cooperation with Russia because of energy resources”.

Aram Karapetyan was angry with the announcements of Shavarsh Kocharyan and Hovhannes Hovhannisyan. For example, Kocharyan persuaded the politicians in the Club that Russia is not our friend but our enemy. According to him, even during the years of the Karabakh war Russia allotted more weapon and equipment to Azerbaijan than to Armenia. «In fact, during the Karabakh was Russian fought together with the Azeris against Armenia», Kocharyan claimed.

He concluded that our relations with Russia were built not on reality but on myths which are collapsing little by little. Shavarsh Kocharyan also informed that the Russian military bases located in Armenia and Georgia are much less important than the radio location station «Gabali» in Azerbaijan.

Hovhannes Hovhannisyan too continues this theme, «All the hopes connected with Russia are lost, as the country continues the traditions of the Soviet Union and supports all the regimes in post Soviet countries and outside them».

Asked a question by the journalists «Do you mean your own self by saying – the coming authorities of Armenia? » Aram Karapetyan answered, «Yes, of course», and even claimed, «Putin does not trust the incumbent authorities». Hovhannes Hovhannisyan concluded, «That is to say, old times are coming».

In contrast to Kocharyan and Hovhannisyan, the deputy head of the Armenian Pan-National Movement Aram Manoukyan spoke for the preservation of good relations with Russia. He advised everyone not to forget about the political and diplomatic support which is absent in the present phase of the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. «The countries which once supported Armenia now call us an aggressor», representative of the past authorities Aram Manoukyan evaluated the reputation of the present authorities for Russia and many other countries.