ArmInfo.First President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan ssures that the current internal political confrontation weakens Armenia's position in the upcoming difficult negotiations and calls on Nikol Pashinyan, Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan to dialogue. This is stated in the article of the former president, published on the iLur.am.
"It is not clear what the main goal of today's opposition is. With the light hand of Serzh Sargsyan, Nikol Pashinyan was labeled a "surrender", which, although aptly, does not fully reflect the truth. In fact, it was not Pashinyan who capitulated, but Armenia. Pashinyan only signed an act on capitulation of Armenia. Therefore, whoever is instead of Pashinyan - Robert Kocharyan, Serzh Sargsyan, or at least Ishkhan Saghatelyan, they will dutifully accept the decision that will be imposed on Armenia. Thus, the problem does not depend on the personality of the leader of Armenia," Ter-Petrosyan said . The former head of state assures that if this simple truth is not understood, and internal political upheavals continue, then the decisions imposed tothe RA will be much more painful, regardless of who signs the final document - Pashinyan or others.
"The question is, do the current leaders of the opposition not realize this? If they do not realize this, then they do not understand anything in politics. The harsh actions of the current government in relation to demonstrations, marches and rallies organized by the opposition have nothing to do with national interests," Ter-Petrosyan said.
In his words, being a hopeless optimist, he still hopes that the conflicting parties will finally realize the danger of their positions, will make efforts to reach some kind of agreement, so as not to complicate the situation even more, in order to avoid new dangers. "If our intelligentsia really wants to do something patriotic, let them force Nikol Pashinyan, Robert Kocharyan, Serzh Sargsyan to sit at the same table and find a way out of the internal political crisis," the first president of Armenia concluded.