“The problem is how the theatre which was called elections was organized during this theatric show”, this is the attitude of “Heritage” party MP Tevan Poghosyan regarding the presidential elections held in Azerbaijan. He believes that this gives rise to various assessments by the European observers.
To the note that the CIS and PACE observers assessed the elections held in Azerbaijan positive, as a result Ilham Aliyev collected 85 percent, while the OSCE\ODIHR observers expressed exactly the opposite opinion. With regard to observers’ contradictory assessments, our interlocutor also said, “It depends in what structure with what mechanisms, through what caviar diplomacy and whom the Azerbaijani delegation could engage in those groups, as a result of which they received these assessments. To try to connect it with reality and draw conclusions from it, probably, would be the wrong approach. We just need to perceive that the Constitution was amended, so that Aliyev could be elected for the third term. We should have predicted then as to where it will take us. We also need to keep in mind that every structure has its own little political issues with Azerbaijan, which resulted in getting these assessments. I do not think that we need to treat them seriously, even stemming from the mechanisms the so-called elections held in Armenia, taking into consideration that as in our country we can receive various assessments due to different political issues, like in Azerbaijan.”
To remind that the EU leadership, particularly High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union Catherine Ashton and EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Füle accepted the OSCE\ODIHR conclusions as a basis, because the latter have conducted a long-term observations mission in our neighboring country.
The fact that the RA President recently announced that it will be good for Armenia if Aliyev is elected, Tevan Poghosyan considers it not only the desire of the RA President, but of the world because he had not seen any expression of other wishes in the international structures. “It seemed there was a consensus, and everyone wanted Aliyev to be elected.” With regard to other than this issue, our interlocutor pointed out that there is information that Minsk Group has started to intensify its activities by creating opportunities for the meeting of the two countries’ presidents. “The fact that the two presidents know each other, to what extent this meeting will be helpful, or what role it will play in conflict resolution, whether everything will remain in status quo, will become apparent later.”
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