ArmInfo.RA National Assembly Vice Speaker Ruben Rubinyan also takes part in the talks between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Washington. It was the Prime Minister's decision, and there is nothing to be surprised about. Arman Yeghoyan, MP from the ruling "Civil Contract" faction, stated on May 2 in an interview with journalists.
<Ruben Rubinyan is the Vice Speaker of the National Assembly, and there is nothing wrong with him taking part in the negotiations. We have a parliamentary republic, and the National Assembly, represented by Mr. Rubinyan, also participates in these negotiations. What's wrong with that?> , the MP asked.
Concerning the question of whether this does not mean that the Armenian-Turkish and Armenian- Azerbaijani processes are interconnected, Yeghoyan noted that that Ruben Rubinyan's presence at the negotiations itself does not mean that.
The MP noted that the Armenian side has the highest expectations from these negotiations, since they concern almost the entire spectrum of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations. He stressed that the title of the document that Armenia and Azerbaijan are planning to sign is "an agreement on the normalization of relations." This is the document around the details of which the parties have been exchanging proposals all this time. The MP also stressed that Yerevan is doing and will do everything possible to ensure that the dialogue between the representatives of Stepanakert and Baku takes place. the Armenian side is trying to ensure that Stepanakert acts as an entity in the negotiations.