Republican Party of Armenia

 

Honorable Dr Schrapel,

Dear party friends,

Dear journalists,

 

First of all, I would like to extend a vote of thanks to the Conrad Adenauer Foundation and to Mr. Schrapel in person for supporting this initiative and being a reliable and effective partner for the Republican Party.

 

Taking the opportunity, I wish the political parties in the German Federal Republic every success in the process of forming a new government.

 

Two years ago we gathered here to discuss our party’s future activities and the ways of countering the virus of populism in the country. We managed to strengthen the positions of the Republican Party as one of Armenia’s key political actors and rebuild the country’s political agenda in a bid to protect our national interests. But regretfully our warnings and efforts aimed at saving the country from an imminent catastrophe failed and the government of ignorant persons drove the two Armenian states into a real catastrophe.

 

As we had been warning, the early parliamentary elections organized by the government of capitulators in June did not solve any problem, including the political crisis and the ones related to security, to the system of values and social justice.

 

While contrary to the efforts exerted by the incumbent administration, the Republican Party regained its parliamentary status, however having seats in parliament has never been an ultimate goal for us. Therefore, we are prepared to continue our political struggle even outside the parliament, whenever necessary.

 

Coming to the crisis of justice, I would like to underscore that it has both a domestic and a regional dimension. It is unfair that the Capitulator has not yet been punished by virtue of law for his adventurism and catastrophic policy. It is unfair that after seeing the killing thousands of lives in the war and the expatriation of thousands of Armenians, we can witness bitter attempts to impose a “peace” agenda on our people. Injustice cannot lead to either internal stability or external peace.

Taking the opportunity, I would like to refer to the recent statements made by the Azerbaijani leader. Anyone who thinks himself to be a brave man in the Caucasus should not indulge into gossip about his opponent. The Minsk Group Co-Chairs, the leaders of their countries and I remember very well how Ilham Aliyev used to behave in my presence. Mr. Aliyev if the fate or some alien powers have served you a gift on the tray, be kind enough to remember that your father and you lost to the three former presidents of Armenia in the fields of war or diplomacy. You know very well that f it weren’t for the change of power in Armenia in 2018, which was largely supported by foreign powers, you would never see Shushi and Hadrut.

 

The Artsakh issue will not be settled unless its status is clarified, as long as the security of Artsakh-based Armenians is being threatened every day and every hour. I hope the Armenians have not given up their dignity and their legitimate rights; they have not forgotten about the bitter lessons of history and will draw the appropriate conclusions until it is too late.

 

The authorities that bear the stigma of defeat and betrayal are trying to present us as a stitch to war, inflaming fears among the public at large. I want to declare once again, we do not want war, because we have gone through all the wars waged for Artsakh, because we have always been ready to die for the Motherland, and not let others be killed as a result of foolish decisions.