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Serzh Sargsyan entered the EEU not to return the seven regions -Aram Sargsyan (video)

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"Today, Serzh Sargsyan is the most experienced politician in Armenia,” says opposition lawmaker Aram Sargsyan. “He has passed a long way from 1988. He has always been in power, held various positions and been aware of any issue connected with the Karabakh conflict. He has not missed a single session of the Security Council,” continues the member of the opposition Yelk (Way Out) faction. However, Serzh Sargsyan has a problem of keeping his personal life when it comes to the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. He will not surrender the seven regions to Azerbaijan even for the sake of power. No one in Armenia can surrender lands and stay in power. “There are other things that are more valuable than power. One of them is called life. In this sense, they [authorities in Armenia] see a serious threat because they are not legitimate, because when they participated in the campaign they did not say that they were going to resolve the conflict in Karabakh and hand over seven regions in the result.” Aram Sargsyan says Serzh Sargsyan was forced to Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in order not to comply with the demands of the international community and return those seven regions. And under the Madrid Principles, Armenia says ‘yes’ to the handover of these seven regions simply for the rest of the world, knowing that Azerbaijan will not agree to it. To our observation that the West obliged Serzh Sargsyan to solve the Karabakh issue because he is not an elected president. They will not force an elected president to do the same thing. “They understand that if they force a non-democratic president to do something, the problem will not be solved because people will not accept him anyway. But he himself will not ask public opinion. When asked who Serzh Sargsyan’s opponents are and who he can be afraid of in order not to sign the document demanding the return of the seven regions, Aram Sargsyan said he knew those people. “Those people took to the street much earlier than the Georgians and Ukrainians…” By agreeing to the return of the seven regions, the authorities always make reservations, because the negotiation process is such: one should always try to take more. “This document also contains a provision which says that authorities in Karabakh should have a temporary status. Azerbaijan is against this temporary status.” Aram Sargsyan says the West is for the settlement of the Karabakh issue because it wants to make investments in our region. The West needs to see someone in power who can explain to his people the essence of compromises. “Only if we have a democratic Armenia and a democratic country can this issue be solved. Otherwise, non-democratic authorities will always use the Karabakh issue to raise nationalist and other moods, thereby extending their rule."