Kocharyan won't run?
Vice-chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia Razmik Zohrabyan told "A1+" today that Armenia may be in danger of losing territories. He called on Armenians to unite, considering division as the greatest danger.
Touching upon European organizations' adoption of unfavorable resolutions for Armenia upon the request of "A1+", Razmik Zohrabyan advised not to take them seriously and be more afraid of Aliyev's announcements. "Aliyev has already declared war and is all that is left for him to do is to attack," said Zohrabyan, adding that he will attack when he feels he can win.
Although Armenia faces the issue of army recruitment, according to Razmik Zohrabyan, that is not a danger to the army's combativeness because the conflict is being solved through temporary soldiers.
Touching upon the diplomatic corpus, he noted that the diplomats are either disciplined with the spirit of Communism or are members of the Armenian National Movement. "We need to prepare diplomats with the Armenian spirit and open an Armenian diplomatic school."
But when we reminded Zohrabyan that the Minister of Foreign Affairs has a Communist discipline, he said: "No, Edward Nalbandyan is a good diplomat and the Turks are afraid of him."
As far as the so-called agreements on handing territories are concerned, according to the vice-chairman of the Republican Party, they will only be handed when Azerbaijan hands the occupied territories and recognizes Karabakh's independence.
As for inter-political issues, Razmik Zohrabyan was sincere and noted that Levon Ter-Petrosyan was a serious opponent for Serzh Sargsyan. "But at the time, today's Levon Ter-Petrosyan was not who he was back then."
Do you consider Robert Kocharyan to be an opponent for the existing president? In response, Zohrabyan said he could be a serious opponent, but expressed confidence that Kocharyan would not run in the next presidential elections because Serzh Sargsyan is also from Karabakh and besides that, there is no such practice that a president runs for office after serving two terms.
Besides that, according to him, Kocharyan has not made any announce about that. As far as his active role in the Karabakh conflict, "he may play a role in the conflict settlement as the former president." Can he have a role, or does he have one? It was impossible to receive an answer to this question. Instead, Zohrabyan excluded the possibility of nominating Kocharyan as prime minister because, as he said, "we don't need a new prime minister."
How strong are Tigran Sargsyan's bases as prime minister? In response, Razmik Zohrabyan announced that they are rather strong and were strong when he was a non-partisan as well. They are stronger now since the Republican Party has made the decision for the prime minister to be Republican. Did you decide? In response, Zohrabyan said: "Who had to decide?" said the vice-chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia.
