Serzh Sargsyan Made 2 Mistakes at PACE Session: Armenian National Congress

During the Jun. 22 Parliamentary Assembly for the Council of Europe (PACE) session, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan allowed for two major mistakes, said Armenian National Congress (HAK) senior representative Levon Zurabyan at a press conference in Yerevan today.

“The first mistake was that he said that Armenia doesn’t recognize Nagorno-Karabakh’s independence since it respects Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. I hope that this statement was simply a slip-up on his part, and it should be quickly rectified. On this matter, [HAK leader Levon] Ter-Petrossian very clearly said in his interview to Moskovskiye Novosti [Moscow News]… that the only reason Armenia doesn’t recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh today is that it doesn’t want to undermine peace talks,” he said.

The Armenian leader’s second mistake, according to Zurabyan, was the statement that if war breaks out today, Azerbaijan will have the advantage since Armenia has not prepared its people for war as has Azerbaijan.

“First, why hasn’t [Armenia] prepared [for war] if there is a situation of war and second, the chief commander of the Republic of Armenia shouldn’t make such a statement. It increases the demand for aggression by Azerbaijan,” he said.