We are not far from bringing the Turks' and Czars' dream true to life: Levon Ter-Petrosyan

If any policy is not based on reality it may be called anything but not policy, former Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosyan said as he addresses the 16th congress of the Armenian Pan-National Party's (HHSh).

According to him regardless who is in power, the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the Armenia-Turkey normalization, issues like Armenia's economy, security and demographic problems have no perspective for improvement.

As long as the Nagorno Karabakh issue is unresolved, according to Ter-Petrosyan, the possibility of the resumption of a new war cannot be ruled out. Today the Armenian authorities use the last diplomatic chances to solve the Karabakh issue, but it is not excluded that the situation may come out of control due to delaying of the settlement of this issue.

"Today the risk of the resumption of the war is as much real as it was before and will be the same tomorrow," said he, adding that in this sense Armenian authorities must be frank with the people.

Further Ter-Petrosyan mentioned that Armenia will soon bring the dream of Turks' and Czars true to life - to have Armenia without Armenians. In his words that can be proved by an abrupt drop of the population in Armenia.

"I do not oppose to preserving the status quo, but they [authorities] must respond to one question: how are they going to stop emigration? Without an answer to this question it is not a political view."

Levon Ter-Petrosyan later said that the relations between Armenia and Turkey cannot be improved as far as there is no solution to the Karabakh issue or at least some progress over the settlement.

"How many times must the Turkish authorities reiterate it so that eventually everybody understands it," said Ter-Petrosyan.