Marie Yovanovitch –“dove of peace”
Coordinator of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) Levon Zurabyan today confirmed the rumours on the upcoming meeting of Armenia's first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan and U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch. At the same time, Mr. Zurabyan refuted the allegations that Marie Yovanovitch has become a "dove of peace" and is gong to reconcile Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Serzh Sargsyan.
"The recent reports on the alleged election bloc between Ter-Petrosyan and Serzh Sargsyan are an absolute lie. We cannot cooperate with authorities who perpetrated the carnage of March 1, keep political prisoners, robe the country and boost corruption. We can only demand the acting regime to resign office," the HAK Coordinator said.
HAK has a message to convey to public and we think that the best way to communicate with people is resuming rallies. In its sitting of July 28 HAK will decide the date of the next rally.
"During the rally we shall cover all issues that interest our citizens, including the Karabakh conflict settlement, Armenian-Turkish relations, improvement of political system, corruption, dismissal of this bandit regime," Levon Zurabyan said.
"Today, the authorities attempt to distort Levon Ter-Petrosyan's speech delivered at the HAK recent congress. They attempt to smear Ter-Petrosyan and misinterpret his statement that Armenia's development is impossible without the Armenian-Turkish normalization and Karabakh conflict settlement. I am glad that Ter-Petrosyan's speeches give rise to heated debates. It means that Ter-Petrosyan expresses weighty thoughts causing serious concerns and contemplations."
Ter-Petrosyan's speech disappointed many officials including Vice-Chairman of the RA National Assembly Samvel Nikoyan who said yesterday that Ter-Petrosyan's statement was a message for his allies and hinted at his retirement. No one has caused so much trouble for the authorities as Ter-Petrosyan. That is why they want to get rid of Ter-Petrosyan as soon as possible," Zurabyan concluded.
