There were many breakdowns in Armenia’s foreign policy within last year and all because of regressive democracy and opposition persecutions, ANC Foreign Relations committee head Vladimir Karapetyan told NEWS.am.

“The major contentious process I wish to point out is incredible excitement of Turkey in Karabakh issue, which is a result of Armenian authorities’ breakdowns. That is their mistakes brought about the situation, when Turkey became a full-fledged player in the solution to the regional issues in the eyes of international community. Besides, no breakthrough is registered in Karabakh peace process, plus the prospects of the advantageous processes to Armenia are pretty vague,” Karapetyan said.

Among the positive achievements of 2009, the oppositionist mentioned raising interest of the leading international structures towards democratization in Armenia. “This interest is so far subpar, however positively the dialogue with Armenia on observance of human rights is resumed. This was done in the frames of Eastern Partnership program while being a separate course itself,” ANC spokesperson concluded.

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