Whom will Serzh Sargsyan win in 2013?
Leader of "New Times" Party Aram Karapetyan has no doubt that a roadmap for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement will be imposed on Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev during their meeting scheduled for December in Astana.
"Whether the sides will accept the roadmap or not, that is a different story. It will be a document to show that the sides want to solve the issue, but there will not be a specific timeframe. The international community is currently determined to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and move on to the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border," Mr. Karapetyan told "A1+" during a press conference.
The second speaker of today's press conference was Republican Artak Zakaryan who announced that there are no prerequisites to announce that a roadmap will be presented to the sides in Astana.
Are the Republicans aware of the agreements that their leader has reached in the negotiation process? In response to that, Zakaryan said the process is confidential and each person can draw his own conclusions by following up on that process.
Both speakers find that adopting the draft law on recognizing the NKR's independence presented by "Heritage" Party in the National Assembly is premature.
"That draft law will not have any impact on the negotiation process," assured Artak Zakaryan.
The speakers also addressed the inter-political situation and the upcoming elections.
Mr. Karapetyan doesn't share the view that Russia has the key to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and called on everyone to follow up on the French President's upcoming visit to Azerbaijan.
"I don't think the negotiations in Azerbaijan will be in our interests," says Karapetyan. According to him, some influential countries are interested in the destabilization of the region and that the restart of military operations will engage Russia, Turkey, Iran and Georgia.
"Serzh Sargsyan wants to serve a second term," said Aram Karapetyan as he presented Serzh Sargsyan's scenario without mentioning any names. "It is foreseen that Aram Karapetyan and Raffi Hovhannisyan will not be able to register for the upcoming presidential elections once again. I know the person who will "become" the president in 2013. It's neither Levon Ter-Petrosyan nor Robert Kocharyan. A new person in the field will be "elected" and Serzh Sargsyan will win him in the future."
Aram Karapetyan mentioned that that person will separate himself from the opposition and will take part in the elections as an oppositional candidate.
"Serzh Sargsyan's scenario won't work," said Aram Karapetyan.
