Ishkhan Saghatelyan: Turkey is the architect of the Fourth Armenian  Republic, and Azerbaijan is its builder

ArmInfo. If the Republic of Armenia is not guided by Armenian interests, what should  it be guided by? This question was raised by Ishkhan Saghatelyan, a  member of the National Assembly from the opposition "Armenia"  faction, during a speech from the parliamentary podium on August 19.

According to him, the Republic of Armenia and Armenian interests are  mutually complementary, vital, and fundamental. "And know well that  when you remove Armenian interests from the Republic of Armenia, it  ceases to be an Armenian state," Ishkhan Saghatelyan declared,  addressing his colleagues from the ruling "Civil Contract" faction.  The MP argued that the root of these policies lies in the concept of  the "real Armenia," or the so-called Fourth Republic "You say we need  a new Constitution and that the citizen of the Republic of Armenia  should be its owner. But the entire problem is that you are not the  founders of the Fourth Republic; Turkey is its architect, and  Azerbaijan is its builder. You aren't even entrusted with the design  work—that is handled by certain European states. You are the public  relations specialists for this project, packaging the idea and  selling it to our people. This is precisely where your attitude  toward Armenian issues, the diaspora, the Armenian cause, national  organizations, and those guided by Armenian interests stems from,"  Saghatelyan declared.

Recall, the parliamentary session was convened to discuss the  candidacy of Arevik Hovsepyan, who was nominated by the opposition  "Strong Armenia" faction for the position of chair of the National  Assembly's Standing Committee on European Integration.