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“ARMENIA SHOULD STICK TO ITS PRINCIPLES”

Politics

“The fact of the NKR independence cannot be ignored in the process of the Karabakh conflict settlement. There should be no mention of compensations. These principles should lie at the heart of the negotiations,” Heritage Party MP Stepan Safaryan said today during the parliamentary briefings.

“We are really concerned about the recent developments in the conflict resolution. No one has presented the disputed “principles of Madrid” aimed at the conflict settlement,” noted the Heritage Secretary.

Another member of the Heritage party, Larissa Alaverdyan, says that the negotiations will be deemed as an ordinary meeting without Karabakh’s involvement. Therefore, no decision taken in the process of such a meeting will be obligatory for Karabakh.

“Although Azerbaijan would like other instances, for example the UNO, to deal with the conflict resolution, I think the Minsk group framework is the best one,” noted Prosperous Armenia Party MP Aram Safaryan. “I don't think that the future developments can lead to the change of the Minsk group format.”

He also noted that “the OSCE expects tangible progress in the conflict resolution based on the Madrid principles in 2009.” Safaryan reminded that the conflicting sides had many times been close to the conflict resolution but one of them unexpectedly toughened its stance at the last moment thus leaving the issue unsettled.

“I strongly believe that Armenia should stick to its principles during the talks,” he added.

ARF Dashnaktsutyun member Ara Nranyan emphasised public attitude towards the regulation of the Karabakh conflict. He thinks the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan cannot sign a document which is not accepted by the two peoples. Reminding the case of Serbia, Nranyan said that the society should finally realise that “once they surrender a centimeter they will lose everything.” He thinks if Armenia takes a strong position it will yield to no pressure.

The secretary of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun, Artyusha Shahbazyan, noted that the Armenian officialdom have many times voiced support for settlement of the Karabakh issue in the frame of the Minsk Group.