“I do not know why Nuland is coming, perhaps, some people still need pies and she will be distributing pies in the streets”, so commented Chairman of “National Security” party Garnik Isagulyan, referring to the question of Aravot.am of how he will estimate the US State Secretary Assistant Victoria Nuland’s visit to Armenia.
Note that according to the press release issued by the US State Department, Victoria Nuland will arrive in Armenia on February 18. Here, she will meet with government officials, civil society representatives and the youth representatives to discuss issues related to Armenia-US political, economic and democratic ties. They will address the issue of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Garnik Isagulyan assured that if people in the United States hope that all of this in Armenia may look like Maidan, then they are strongly mistaken, and continued, No one will allow them to interfere in Armenia’s domestic political processes. Perhaps, they want to create an impression, but I think it would also be the biggest mistake by them.”
In response to our question of whether they are expecting unexpected developments in normalization of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Mr. Isagulyan replied, “You should refer this question to the government authorities of Armenia. They are the ones who lead the country to destabilization, while we are doing everything for the situation not to be destabilized.” To our question of whether Serzh Sargsyan’s speech dated February 12 was preventive, or on the contrary, it also contributed to destabilization of the situation, Mr. Isagulyan replied, “It definitely destabilized. Isn’t it noticeable that the situation is more destabilized? This means that now I am to decide the standards, for example, your hair is black, you cannot practice journalism. His speck was within this style and even worse. Who decides these qualifications? What examination did they pass? Did they pass tests? Eventually, no one should go beyond the limit.”
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
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