Kocharyan did something with the copy?
Former RA Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanyan recalls that there is no conflict in the world that has been resolved through a package version and that his approaches on Turkish-Armenian relations and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remain unchanged.
"Everyone knows that the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations and the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are interrelated, except the Republican elite. The Turkish Mejlis will not ratify the Turkey-Armenia Protocols as long as there has not been any framework document on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Protocols will be ratified when there will be a clear promise from the RA authorities to dislocate the forces."
Arzumanyan says that any signing of a document based on the Madrid Principles will be considered as an agreement to dislocate the forces and has no doubt that the latest statements by the OSCE Minsk Group on progress in the resolution refer to the dislocation of Armenian forces.
Alexander Arzumanyan also touched upon Eduard Sharmazanov's statement according to which Levon Ter-Petrosyan had stated that Karabakh must have autonomy within Azerbaijan in an interview with the "Comsomolskaya Pravda" in 1992. "I haven't read that interview. Shavarsh Kocharyan has been talking about that interview for ten years. I have asked Kocharyan several times to give me a copy of that interview, but he hasn't. Perhaps he did something with the copy that was sent to Armenia. Let's read that interview and imagine Nagorno-Karabakh's autonomy as a solution in 1992 when the Armenian army was involved in border defense and liberation of Artsakh, opening the Lachin passage and liberating Shushi. That is absurd."
Alexander Arzumanyan reminded Sharmazanov and everyone that during Levon Ter-Petrosyan's term, there was no signing of a document on the resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by granting Nagorno-Karabakh autonomy within Azerbaijan.
Upon journalists' request, Arzumanyan also touched upon the example of Catholicos Yeghiazar Ayntapetsi in Levon Ter-Petrosyan's latest speech. "The authorities that came to power through falsifications, the massacres of March 1 and the army are subject to many pressures from the international community and are ready to accept any anti-Armenian solution in order to fill in the gap of their legitimacy. Ter-Petrosyan simply advised them to ask the people for forgiveness instead of asking for legitimacy."
