BHK Secretary: “They cannot swallow or pressurize us”
Armenian economy has hardened enough to resist the blockade that has been lasting for 20 years now, Secretary of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) Aram Safaryan told A1+.
"We already manufacture goods to substitute imported products. It is much more difficult to swallow or pressurize us today than it was during the years of independence," he said.
Mr. Safaryan does not agree that it is necessary to boycott economic ties with Turkey in reply to their hostile actions. He says that products worth 150-200 million US dollars are imported from Turkey and the boycott will only deprive Armenia of the goods. Otherwise, Armenia must think of alternative countries to import the same volume of products.
Regarding Turkey's demand to close down the Metsamor-based nuclear power plant, the BHK MP said ‘it's the result of Azerbaijani lobbying.'
Not a single rational person in the globe will believe that Armenia is a menace for Turkey," he stressed.
Representatives of the Turkish ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), who have arrived in Yerevan to participate in a business forum, not only refused to give interview to the media, but also interrupted the meeting organized by the Prosperous Armenia Party.
"On seeing video cameras, (AKP) members left the hall and promised to return after the departure of media representatives," BHK MP Naira Zohrabyan told A1+.
