KARABAKH WAS SPOKEN ABOUT DURING THE SUMMIT
Support A1+!Today Robert Kocharyan made a speech in the Dialogue and Cooperation Black Sea Summit. Representing the importance of the work and cooperation within the framework of the structure for Armenia Robert Kocharyan mentioned what separated the members of the structure from each other, «Unresolved ethnic conflicts and certain deficit of trust, caused by the negative experiences of the history of the region».
«I am confident that we shall concentrate on those elements which unite us. We shall take steps to harmonize our reforms, achieve unification of trade regimes and transportation tariffs. There is a need for joint investment projects in the infrastructures of the region. First of all, for energy and transportation projects, covering the entire Black Sea basin, and increasing its economic attractiveness. This will create favorable environment for resolution of existing conflicts. Through cooperation to the settlement, through communication to a bigger trust – that is the best formula for overcoming the controversies, based on a search for a common interest», Kocharyan said and added, «In this context we are ready to continue dialogue with Azerbaijan for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and with Turkey on establishing relations without any preconditions».
Later on Kocharyan briefly represented the essence of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the attitude of Armenia in this connection, «The people of Nagorno Karabakh have implemented in practice the right for self-determination. It was done fully in line with the requirements of international law. Results of the referendum on independence were later defended in the war forced on that people. These events developed in the timeframe of global changes, related to the collapse of the Soviet Empire. That situation is classical for cases of self-determination through secesion. Now for fifteen years Nagorno Karabakh Republic continues to prove its right for independence by own achievements in effective statecraft. A whole generation grew up there, which watches itself as possessors and defenders of that statehood. We believe that there is a need for effective efforts for a full-scale integration of the Republic in the international society».
