The example of Belarusian governance is unacceptable for my country and for me. Allen S

I do not comment. Belarus is Belarus, Armenia is Armenia. I am in charge of my country. NA Speaker Alen Simonyan said this in a conversation with journalists, referring to the note of protest handed to the Chargé d’affaires of Armenia yesterday by the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.

Responding to the question whether his statements, since they were the basis of the note, do not further worsen the relations between Armenia and Belarus, Simonyan, in fact, accused Minsk. 

 “The disrespectful attitude towards Armenia, towards the CSTO partner, towards the statehood of Armenia worsens the relations, preparing a 44-day war with Azerbaijan worsens the relations. The political course is a matter of choice for each state. Human rights and freedoms are the most important values ​​for Armenia. We chose the path of democratization of Armenia, they chose a slightly different path, not like ours.”

Continuing, he emphasized that Armenia will not be a peripheral region, will not be in political dependence and Armenia will raise the level of its sovereignty.

“Belarus’ example of governance is unacceptable for my country and for me,” stated Alen Simonyan. Then he got nervous, retorted to the journalists: “What did you paste from Belarus?”, then added that he had read the news about the protest note in the press and had no other information.

VERELQ wrote that on May 5, Artur Sargsyan, the charge d’affaires of Armenian affairs in Belarus, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, and a note of protest was handed to him regarding “unfriendly steps”. The reason for dissatisfaction of the Belarusian side was the recent statements of the Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan, where he stated that Armenia should not be “governed like Belarus”.

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