Armenian communist denies Azerbaijani disinformation on Karabakh

Chairman of the Communist Party of Armenia Ruben Tovmasyan denied disinformation spread by Azerbaijani media outlets that ‘Armenian communists agree Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is Azerbaijani territory’.

When asked by correspondent of Panorama on-line paper whether Armenian Communist Party’s members singly met with Azerbaijani delegation during the Communist Congress in Moscow and moreover discussed settlement of Karabakh conflict, chairman of the Communist Party of Armenia Ruben Tovmasyan said no.

Ruben Tovmasyan confirmed the participation of Armenian delegation in the 34th Communist Parties Congress held in Moscow on October 24. “It is not true, regarding to the ‘meeting with Azerbaijani delegation’. We sat in the same room, corridor, said “hello” – that’s all. Neither meeting or discussion or view’s sharing happened,” assumed Ruben Tovmasyan.

Meanwhile, in an interview with Azerbaijani media, chairman of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan Rauf Gurbanov said: “We have no disagreement with Armenian communists that Nagorno-Karabakh Republic belongs to Azerbaijan. They openly acknowledge it and this is not the first time they declared it since they do it always.”

This statement made by neighboring communist highly angered Armenia’s communist number one. Ruben Tovmasyan said that this would be “apogee of Azerbaijani lie” if Gurbanov had really voiced it.

“I wouldn’t like to hear such Armenian-communist-party-related statements. If Gurbanov can show off to their local communists – it’s his private business. But I haven’t discussed any item with Gurbanov so let him never practice mistaking wishes for reality,” he said.

“We always held on to sovereignty of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and up to now set out that Karabakh has gained independence, has its own Parliament and perfectly copes with statecraft,” added Ruben Tovmasyan.