French president`s statement encourages establishment of dictatorship  in Armenia - ARD rep 

ArmInfo. The statement by the French President, unfortunately, encourages the authoritarian system emerging in Armenia. This was written on his Facebook page by member of the Supreme Body of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun party, deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Ishkhan Saghatelyan, commenting on the statement by the French leader Emmanuel Macron.

In his post in the X, the head of the French state noted in Armenian  that during a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of the  Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, he expressed solidarity with him  in this difficult domestic political situation. "I had a very good  telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol  Pashinyan. I expressed solidarity with France in response to attempts  to destabilize democracy in Armenia," the French leader wrote. In the  same post, Macron confirmed that he supports "Armenia's bold efforts  to peacefully resolve the conflict with Azerbaijan and normalize  relations with Turkey." 

In this regard, Ishkhan Saghatelyan stated the following: "Dear  President Emmanuel Macron! Your "support" for Nikol Pashinyan does  not actually contribute to democracy, but to the establishment of a  dictatorship in Armenia and the emergence of a new dictator in the  region. In recent years, when high- ranking EU officials and you  encouraged the Armenian authorities to take so-called "bold steps",  it ended in disaster for our nation. The ethnic cleansing and  displacement of Armenians in Artsakh are tragic evidence of this. In  international relations, such statements are usually considered as  direct interference in the internal affairs of countries. Political  forces in Armenia are fighting for their identity, the rights of the  people, as well as for real democracy. There is no need to attack the  Armenian-French friendship and legitimize the establishment of a  dictatorship in Armenia under the name of democracy."