Armen Ashotyan: "We are ready both for peace and for war. Azerbaijan is to decide"

"We are ready both for peace and for war. Azerbaijan is to decide", Armen Ashotyan, deputy of the national assembly of Armenia, member of permanent parliamentary commission for Eurointegration, member of the Council of Republican Party of Armenia, said, commenting on the pre-election situation in Armenia.

He noted that there weren't any threats of color revolutions in Armenia, as anti-Russian and other movements are absent in this country.

He said answering the question about the highest rating among the candidates to president, that the Prime Minister of Armenia, Serj Sarkisyan is the strongest candidate according to public polls, carried out both by local and foreign (British COMPES, US GALLUP) centers.

He noted that in case Serj Sarkisyan is elected, the approach to the resolution of Nagorno-Garabagh problem will not change in Armenia.

"Like the people of Garabagh, we are for the peaceful settlement of the conflict. Those who have been on war, value peace. I think the bellicose Azerbaijani leadership sees Nagorno-Garabgh problem through the prism of oil and gas pipes, unlike Heydar Aliyev, who was sure of the lack of prospects and harmful nature of violence for suppression of freedom-loving Garabagh residents and who signed an agreement on reconciliation, which is still in force."

Ashotyan considers that Serj Sarkisyan, as a person, who led the Garabagh Committee of Defense in 1989-1993 and been the Defense Minister of Armenia (for almost 10 years) values peace.

"This peace between Nagorno Garabagh, Azerbaijan and Armenia took too much from all of us. Another war would be an inexcusable luxury for each of the three sides", he added.

/Day.Az/