Member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun comments on Karabakh peace talks.
The coming couple of years are unlikely to see any progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement talks, according to a senior member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun.
At a news conference on Thursday, the head of ARF-D's Political Affairs Department, Giro Manoyan, said no progress can be expected given that both conflicting countries – Armenia and Azerbaijan – are in the run-up to elections, with Azerbaijan having become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
"The mediators will restricts themselves only to statements aimed at easing tensions over a possible war," he said.
Asked whether he believes in Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan's statement that Armenia will take measures towards repressing Azerbaijan's violations of ceasefire, he said: "I have no reason not to believe because it is really necessary to undertake appropriate steps to repress Azerbaijan, preventing it from playing child tricks," he said.
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