Ter-Petrossian, Turkey, Azerbaijan & Nagorno Karabakh
The Armenian News Network–Groong carries an interesting if blatantly partisan piece on the post-election developments in Armenia by Noyan Tapan’s David Petrossian. Although the pro-opposition journalist inflates the number of those assembled outside the French Embassy on 1 March to “several hundreds of thousands,” despite there actually being only around 15,000, the three-point conclusion is interesting to say the least.
On the whole, at present we are also obliged to state that:
[…]
ii) the real and not proclaimed results of the elections are evidence that the public opinion of Armenia is ready for compromises on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict within the framework of the preelection program proposed by first President L. Ter-Petrosian. At that, the plan of the compromise by Armenia at present can be proposed and fulfilled only by L. Ter-Petrosian himself and his allies, and not by the current four-party coalition and S. Sargsian;
iii) the real and not proclaimed results of the elections are evidence that the voters on the whole are ready, true, with reservations and by the results of a large discourse, to recognize the right of fulfillment of the concept of normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey put forward by L. Ter-Petrosian. The Armenian Diaspora should know and understand that de facto this point of view can receive sympathies of the considerable part of Armenia’s population.
Indeed, given that the level of support for Ter-Petrossian in society is debatable, government supporters have long accused the former president of using these exact two issues to instead win the support of the international community in lieu of popular backing for regime change in Armenia. Again, rightly or wrongly, the fact that such issues are being raised is very illuminating indeed.
- Published:
- 04.01.08 / 6pm by Onnik
- Category:
- Analysis, Armenia, Armenia Presidential Election 2008, Azerbaijan, Campaign, Candidates, Nagorno Karabakh, News Briefs, Opinion, Turkey
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