YEREVAN. - The head of the Hay Dat office and ARF Dashnaktsutyun on political issues Giro Manoyan considers the statements that the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan goes on pursuing the policy of his predecessor Robert Kocharyan on the Karabakh issue incorrect.

“Serzh Sargsyan did not come to power with the slogan “No piece of land,” Manoyan  told a press conference on Monday.

According to him, Sargsyan adhered to this position in his capacity as a defense minister.

“Meanwhile, Kocharyan had never spoken about possible territorial concessions. Maybe it was on his mind, but he never made such public statements,” Manoyan noted.

With regard to the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, the ARFD member stressed the only possible change in the format of the OSCE Minsk Group is Karabakh’s return to the negotiating table. However, it is possible only with the corresponding position of the Armenian authorities that will oblige this to the Minsk Group co-chairs, he stated.

Concerning the format of international negotiations, Manoyan stressed that neither the format of OSCE Minsk Group (co-chaired by U.S., Russia, and France) is possible to alter, nor one of the co-chairs can be changed.