To vote on December 9
To recognize Karabakh's independence today in parliament means to impede the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, according to the political majority. "This means challenging not only the OSCE Minsk Group, but presidents of member countries who are interested in the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and have expressed certain positions," NA Vice-Chairman, member of the Republican Party of Armenia Samvel Nikoyan told "A1+".
Head of the OEK (Country of Law) faction Heghine Bisharyan says Armenia has to let things go the way they are going. "We have to work on having a good PR so that the parliaments of other countries recognize NKR's independence."
Although "Heritage" postponed today's vote on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, it doesn't believe that it has been defeated.
According to head of the "Heritage" faction Stepan Safaryan, the party has achieved positive results after its three-year struggle. The political majority no longer has any counter-arguments in terms of recognition and no longer says that recognition will increase the danger of war and will impede the negotiations process.
The political coalition has suggested postponing the vote until the December summit in Astana, which will give certain clarifications on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement.
"Of course, "Heritage" doesn't believe that Astana will be the biggest event that will push Armenia towards taking a step that it had to take as a full-fledged member of the international community from the moral, political and legal angles," said Stepan Safaryan.
The vote will be held on December 9, which is the last day of this year's final four-day session and a symbolic date. "The vote will be held on the threshold of the 19th anniversary of Karabakh's independence and we must have the NKR's independence recognized in the 20th anniversary," said Safaryan.
