Has Oskanian become а demagogue?
Chairman of National Assembly's Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Republican Hakob Hakobyan today responded to ex Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian's interview to www.a1plus.am
"Vardan Oskanian's interview contradicts his speeches and statements made over the past ten years, when he was the country's foreign minister. I think Mr. Oskanian must be concerned over the thoughts expressed in the interview. In particular, Mr. Oskanian rules out the adoption of the document laid on the negotiation table today. But the document was put under consideration long ago. It was agreed upon in the results of negotiations attended by Vartan Oskanian and of the document carries unacceptable provisions, the responsibility lies on Oskanian," says the Republican MP.
Mr. Hakobyan found other contradictions in Osknayan's interview as well.
"Mr. Oskanian says he has nothing to suggest to Armenian authorities at the moment. Minutes later he forgets his words and suggests terminating the talks. If the former FM thinks the stoppage of negotiations will produce tangible effects why did he participate in the talks for 10 years? Why did Oskanian participate in the elaboration of the Madrid Principles which he considers unacceptable today?"
Hakob Hakobyan was especially offended by Oskanian's words: "It is better to be an ordinary citizen in a normal country than an authority in this country."
"Oskanian makes an impression of a not serous person. The country cannot have changed so much in a year for him to prefer the status of an ordinary citizen.
If he wishes to be an ordinary citizen without bearing responsibility for previous mistakes, nothing hinders him. Oskanian seems to have transferred to the field of demagogy: he thinks that if forgets his past there will be no one to remind him of it," added Mr. Hakobyan.
