YEREVAN. - The opposition that expresses its approaches and concerns over the country’s problems and delivers a sharp criticism freely is the achievement of our country and democracy, which is not given to everyone, Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan stated at a working session on Wednesday.

“The Azerbaijanis have come to the conclusion within the recent months that I am strengthening the army because of a dispute with domestic opposition to divert attention from it. Though I do not like talking about fantastic events, I must stress that if Azerbaijan ever allows existence of normal opposition or at least gives people an opportunity to express their opinion freely, still I do not think we would design our strategy based on the thesis of the Azerbaijani opposition. Only the power that has experience working with the opposition will understand this,” Sargsyan emphasized.