ANC responds to Azerbaijani presidential advisor 

ArmInfo. In connection with the recently published article in the American edition of Newsweek by the adviser to the President of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev, the Armenian National Congress (ANC) party issued a statement accusing the latter of lying.

According to the ANC, in this article the Azerbaijani side attempted  to justify its refusal to sign a peace treaty with Armenia. In  particular, Hajiyev stated in an interview that the Constitution of  Armenia is an obstacle to signing a peace treaty. In addition, he  noted that in 1996, the then President of Armenia (Levon  Ter-Petrosyan) refused to sign the final declaration of the OSCE  summit, citing that the Constitution of Armenia does not allow  signing an international document recognizing Nagorno-Karabakh as  part of the territory of Azerbaijan.

In response to such statements, the   called the words of the adviser another lie of Azerbaijani militant  propaganda.

The party cited the words of Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who stated at a  plenary session that if the Karabakh issue is resolved on the basis  of the principles proposed by Azerbaijan, the population of Nagorno-  Karabakh will face a constant threat of genocide or forced  displacement. , he noted then. 

At the same time, the ANC expressed regret that such a serious media  outlet as Newsweek did not verify the veracity of Gadzhiev's  assertion. However, the real problem in the party is not the lie of  the Azerbaijani representative, which can be easily refuted if  desired. The problem, according to the ANC, is rather the fruitless  policy of Nikol Pashinyan, who was obliged to draw the attention of  the international community and, in particular, Newsweek magazine to  Armenia's official response refuting Azerbaijan's lies, and insist on  its publication.

"Thereby, he essentially once again expressed solidarity with the  false policy pursued by Azerbaijan," the ANC statement says.

In this context, the party recalled that this is not the first time  that the has had to refute Azerbaijan's  false propaganda and provide evidence on behalf of the Armenian  authorities.