Armenia's participation in the NATO
summit was justified: the Turkish-Azeri plans to exert pressure on Armenia have
failed, Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, Spokesman of the Republican
Party of Armenia Eduard Sharamzanov told journalists on Saturday.
He said that it was due to the Armenian President's
participation that for the first time ever NATO's resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh
refers to all the three basic Helsinki principles, including the right of a
nation to self-determination (all previous NATO resolutions mentioned only
Azerbaijan's territorial integrity – edit.). "The resolution also says
that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be settled peacefully in the framework
of the OSCE Minsk Group, which also serves our interests," Sharmazanov
said.
One more positive thing, according to Sharmazanov, is
that the summit pointed out that Azerbaijan is ruled by an authoritarian
regime.
"So, we can say that Serzh Sargsyan's
participation in the summit has ruined the Azeri-Turkish plans to exert
pressure on Armenia," Sharmazanov said.
To note, all previous NATO resolutions qualified
Armenia as an occupant and prioritized Azerbaijan's territorial integrity. The
last resolution has broken this bad tradition and reflects the position of the
Armenian side.