THE OIL FACTOR IS NOT IMPORTANT FOR BRITAIN
Support A1+!Today RA NA deputy president Vahan Hovhannisyan and RA Minister of Education Levon Mkrtchyan met Anthony John James Kentor, Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Armenia, and A. Page, deputy head of the East administration of the Foreign Ministry.
Mr. Hovhannisyan mentioned that the coming Presidential elections will depend on the Parliamentary elections. They must not be the touchstone for the democratization of the country, thus the political powers must spare no effort to avoid fabrications. He said that external factors, particularly the blockade of Turkey and the non-constructive approach of Azerbaijan towards the settlement of the Karabakh conflict affect negatively the economic development of Armenia.
Asked by Mr. Page about the predictions about the settlement of the conflict, Mr. Hovhannisyan informed that there were three offers within the framework of the Minsk group which were accepted by Armenia but turned down by Azerbaijan. Vahan Hovhannisyan considered the aim of Azerbaijan to solve the problem by force taking into account the oil factor and the indifference of the international community intolerable.
Mr. Page mentioned that several economic circles can link the settlement of the Karabakh conflict to the oil factor, but that is not the official approach of Great Britain and assured that the country does everything to find a mutually acceptable peaceful solution for the conflict.
