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Armenian parliament's ex-speaker: Sargsyan's London speech wasn't tailored to audience

15 February 2010 [16:10] - TODAY.AZ
“Those who write the [Armenian] president’s speeches, unfortunately, picture neither their audience nor the issues,” former National Assembly (parliament) Speaker Tigran Torosyan at a press conference today, referring to Serzh Sargsyan’s speech in London.
“Neither the content of that speech nor its structure corresponded to that audience, for which it was tailored,” said Torosyan.

In his words, even the title of that speech did not match its content.

“A speech with such a title must have by all means touched upon the new situation that appeared in our region after the 2008 Russia-Georgian war, and the new roles the South Caucasus countries assumed [after the war],” said Torosyan.

According to Torosyan, Sargsyan sounded like a Soviet leader when he referred to Armenian-British relations in his speech.

According to him, Sargsyan should have referred to two principles while speaking about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: territorial integrity and the right to self-determination of nations.

“He should have noted how they [principles] would be implemented specifically and what results they will bring. Unfortunately, such statements were'nt," said Torosyan, adding that only vague statements for a professional audience in London were made.

/Tert.am/
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