News - Alen Simonyan to Aliyev You can't kill Armenian soldier, invade Armenia but say ‘I'm afraid of revanchism’

A lot depends on the Azerbaijani side. You can't shoot and kill an Armenian soldier, invade the territory of Armenia, and say: "You know what, I'm afraid of Armenian revanchism." Alen Simonyan, speaker of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia told this to reporters Thursday in the NA—and referring to the statement by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that they do not want war, but they are afraid of Armenian revanchism, and they demand a guarantee against this. "He [Aliyev] should first look for that guarantee in himself, in his politics. You can’t not come to the meetings of the peace treaty and say ‘I am afraid of revanchism.’ You can’t raise uproar in various places regarding the matter of the weapons—which are defensive—being purchased by Armenia, and if we compare with Azerbaijan—they don't have an atomic bomb only—and say ‘We are afraid of revanchism.’ Are you afraid of revanchism? Establish normal relations with your immediate neighbors," added the speaker of the Armenian parliament.