Levon Ter-Petrosyan adheres to his view on the Nagorno-Karabakh problem. His statement at the ANM congress was a follow-up to the well-known article entitled “War or peace?” written in 1997, Rafik Petrosyan, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group told NEWS.am. He disagrees with Ter-Petrosyan and believes “Armenia must seek to achieve the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.”

“Armenia can develop on the basis of international agreements, with the aim of democratic development. Eve if not so, no issue, including Armenian-Turkish reconciliation, can be settled at Nagorno-Karabakh’s expense,” Petrosyan said. Ter-Petrosyan has nothing to say, so he is repeating himself. “He probably has nothing to say, so he is repeating the thoughts that once caused his resignation,” Petrosyan said. He stressed the public must respond to Ter-Petrosyan’s statement and reject his view.

At the 16th congress of the Armenian National Movement (ANM) Ter-Petrosyan said that Armenia has no security, economic and demographic development prospects without the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem and Armenian-Turkish reconciliation, regardless of  which political force is in power.