“WHY SHOULD SHEIKHS ATTEND THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY?”
Support A1+!“The talks over the Karabakh conflict are conducted with a wrong terminology. No considerable progress will be made unless we call a spade a spade,” political scientist Alexander Manassian says.
“We are used to repeating that the struggle is held to restore NKR residents’ right to self-determination. But the right to self-determination was achieved in 1920 and NKR was granted sovereignty by the Communist Party bureau. Today we must care for another important question. We must make them respect NKR's right to self-determination.”
Manassian says Armenia continues stumbling in the same place. “Once we called Turks Azerbaijanis, while now we call them Azeris. Why don't political and public figures realise where and in what circumstances to use the word?”
The political scientist finds the recent discussions over Armenian-Turkish relations inadequate. “The hearings were held in the parliament but they were far from being parliamentary. MPs took no interest in the subject matter. ”
On the whole, Manassian doesn't think that outsiders should participate at the discussion of vital issues.
“Once sheikhs attended the parliamentary discussions over the Karabakh conflict. That is no concern of theirs. Experts should be invited to consider such serious issues.”
