YEREVAN. - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s speech at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was positive with some reservations from conceptual point of view, leader of ARF  Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Body Armen Rustamyan stated prior to the party’s general meeting in Yerevan on Friday.

Rustmayan believes, the principle of territorial integrity was overemphasized.

“Armenia should have explained non-recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh not by the principle of territorial integrity, but by a concession to maintain the normal course of peace talks and refrain from unilateral steps in the negotiation process. However, Armenia has every reason for recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh,” he noted.

According to Rustamyan, the president also wrongfully emphasized allegations that Azerbaijan is more prepared for the war than Armenia in case military hostilities resume. The MP believed, Sargsyan’s words were perceived as such although he didn’t intentionally said that.