The answers of Vartan Oskanian, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs who tops the list of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) list for the Yerevan City Council election, to the questions of www.aravot.am
* Mr. Oskanian, there are rather strong statements and observations about the Republic of Armenia in the report issued by the US Department of State, what will you say about that?
* I think that the government should pay serious attention to that.
* Also, as it were, not pro-Armenian observations were included in the draft resolution of the PACE. Is it a coincidence or an accident that those two authoritative institutions speak negatively of Armenia simultaneously?
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* It is not a coincidence; it is an assertion of the reality. The government should pay serious attention to that.
* In the report of the US Department of State, there are rather strong statements about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; a change of opinion seems to be visible.
* Yes, it is very…. I think that the government must respond to that.
* Do you think it is possible that the existing status quo will change? May hostilities break out?
* I don’t want to think about such things, but I think the government should respond to that formulation very quickly and adequately. I think that there must be a response.
* How should the government respond, in your opinion, as a former Minister of Foreign Affairs?
* The government should find the right and adequate response. It is their business.
Nelly GRIGORYAN
P.S. One of the journalists inquired of Vartan Oskanian who tops the PAP list for the city council election what he meant by his Facebook status update. Let us remind that Mr. Oskanian had written that the PAP should state that it had become opposition and act more sternly. “You have read what I wrote; everything is written there,” Oskanian said.
