“No doubt, Armenia could have used its geopolitical position and hugely benefit from it by participating in lucrative regional projects. But because of the untalented policies of the current administration we have not been left empty-handed,” the paper writes. “Some will remember that years ago the then president Robert Kocharian and his associates would say that the Baku-Ceyhan oil project was a fairytale and should not be treated seriously. It is not excluded that now there will be some economists who will call the current project, Nabucco, a myth as well… We should admit that without gaining anything in the Karabakh negotiations, we do not get anything from regional projects either.”
“Haykakan Zhamanak” writes about “serious changes” that the authorities plan to make in the Law on Mass Media thus essentially restricting the rights of media and journalists: “It may seem that they want to help journalists by listing their rights in the articles of the law. In reality, it is a classical example of political cheating, since by the current legislation journalists do enjoy quite broad rights.”
In an interview with “Aravot”, Deputy Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan ridicules the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s demand for the resignation of the foreign minister.
“It is an unclear demand, because it is the country’s president who is responsible for the country’s foreign policy and the foreign minister only executes the orders of the country’s president. Are they now against the foreign minister or the policy? I’d like them to specify that.”
“Chorrord Ishkhanutyun” carries the opinion of senior member of the opposition Hanrapetutyun party Smbat Ayvazian about the recent joint statement of the leaders of the nations co-heading the OSCE Minsk Group about the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.
“Of course, I see dangers. What the presidents of the United States, Russia and France say is completely unacceptable. I do not think there is any Armenian, regardless of their occupied positions, who would sign such a document,” says Ayvazian.
The oppositionist opines that Armenia needs a pause in the negotiations and adds: “The most important element is that Karabakh must be a party to the negotiations.”
“Haykakan Zhamanak” writes about “serious changes” that the authorities plan to make in the Law on Mass Media thus essentially restricting the rights of media and journalists: “It may seem that they want to help journalists by listing their rights in the articles of the law. In reality, it is a classical example of political cheating, since by the current legislation journalists do enjoy quite broad rights.”
In an interview with “Aravot”, Deputy Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan ridicules the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s demand for the resignation of the foreign minister.
“It is an unclear demand, because it is the country’s president who is responsible for the country’s foreign policy and the foreign minister only executes the orders of the country’s president. Are they now against the foreign minister or the policy? I’d like them to specify that.”
“Chorrord Ishkhanutyun” carries the opinion of senior member of the opposition Hanrapetutyun party Smbat Ayvazian about the recent joint statement of the leaders of the nations co-heading the OSCE Minsk Group about the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.
“Of course, I see dangers. What the presidents of the United States, Russia and France say is completely unacceptable. I do not think there is any Armenian, regardless of their occupied positions, who would sign such a document,” says Ayvazian.
The oppositionist opines that Armenia needs a pause in the negotiations and adds: “The most important element is that Karabakh must be a party to the negotiations.”