Foreign Minister: Ter-Petrossian Lying
The Armenian Foreign Minister might not have said as much in so many words, but ArmInfo reports that Vartan Oskanian has effectively accused former president and candidate in next week’s election, Levon Ter-Petrossian, of lying. At his last pre-election campaign meeting in Yerevan, Ter-Petrossian effectively implied that Karen Demirchian and Vazgen Sargsyan, were assassinated on 27 October 1999 after rejecting a peace plan which would cede Meghri to Azerbaijan in return for Nagorno Karabakh’s independence.
“[W]hat Levon Ter-Petrosyan […] is doing now - this is a cheap trick. There is no matter of confidentiality, it is just incorrect. These are speculations. I have no such estimations in my vocabulary, however, this is immoral in fact. These are speculations on one of the most important issues for us, especially when it is associated with October 27 events […],” V. Oskanyan said. […]
“What L. Ter-Petrosyan claims at the meetings, saying that ‘this is a version of Meghri’s surrender’, is Paul Goble’s plan and it has never been on the table of negotiations,” the minister emphasized. […] Oskanyan added that in 1994, this proposal was discussed with Levon Ter-Petrosyan. […] There were only people from Ter-Petrosyan’s circle present. V. Oskanyan himself took the post of RA deputy Foreign Minister at that time. “L. Ter- Petrosyan expressed his opinion regarding this plan. He said that Goble’s plan was a good version for Armenia, if the northern part of Nakhchivan is added to it,” Oskanyan said. […] “However, I would not consider myself a moral man if I claimed that L. Ter-Petrosyan wanted to give Meghri to Azerbaijan. It would be absurd and incorrect. […]”
- Published:
- 02.13.08 / 5pm by Onnik
- Category:
- Armenia, Armenia Presidential Election 2008, Azerbaijan, Campaign, Candidates, Nagorno Karabakh, News Briefs
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