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    ARMENIA PARLIAMENT URGES GOVT TO MORE ACTIVELY SETTLE KARABAKH ISSUE

    ITAR-TASS News Agency
    April 30 2008
    Russia

    YEREVAN, April 30 (Itar-Tass) - The Armenian National Assembly
    (parliament) has proposed to the republic's president and government
    "to make the Armenian policy more active in the settlement of the
    Karabakh problem," it is said in a statement "regarding the settlement
    of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem" adopted by the Armenian parliament
    on Tuesday.

    The authorities have been proposed "to work out - within the
    international law framework - the legal foundations" that "in the
    event of the military aggression of Azerbaijan or the use of other
    force methods by it, will give Armenia a possibility to ensure,
    as the guarantor of security of Nagorno-Karabakh, full-fledged
    security and defence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR)." They
    should also ensure more effective cooperation between Armenian and
    Nagorno-Karabakh, it is noted in the statement.

    The Armenian parliament called for "the intensification and expansion
    of efforts to work out and take measures aimed at full informing of
    the international public about the Nagorno-Karabakh problem." With this
    end in view it is proposed to "to attract the all-Armenian potential,
    possibilities and means" of the numerous foreign Armenian diaspora.

    It is proposed "to prepare alternative possibilities of international
    recognition of the NKR" in the event of the failure of talks within
    the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh.

    Finally, the deputies believe that with a view to ensuring
    effectiveness of the talks it is necessary to exert all efforts for
    the restoration of the full-fledged membership in this process of NKR
    representatives as an internationally recognised side of the conflict.

    The Armenian parliament expressed concern over the recent events
    around the Nagorno-Karabakh problem settlement. "The Azerbaijani side
    is taking uncovered steps aimed at the disruption of the negotiating
    process around the peaceful settlement, at reaching the military
    superiority by means of financial flows from the oil sale, at the
    settlement of the problem by war," says the statement.

    The statement was adopted by 96 deputies, three voted against and two
    parliamentarians abstained. Representatives of the opposition party
    Heritage voted against. Its leader - the first Foreign Minister of
    independent Armenia, Raffi Ovanesyan, on Monday put forward a bill
    on the recognition of the NKR by Armenia. However, the parliament
    has not put the bill on the agenda yet.

    Armenian President Serzh Sarkisyan said earlier that Azerbaijan must
    understand a simple fact that the existence of the unrecognised
    Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh is irreversible." He stressed the
    need to "create conditions for a peaceful and fair settlement of
    the problem." In his words, Armenia constantly does its utmost to
    support Karabakh's right for self-determination and is a guarantor
    of security for its population.

    "We are seeking to settle the Karabakh problem by peaceful methods,"
    the president said, adding, "We do not want a war." Sarkisyan attaches
    big importance to interaction with ethnic Armenians living abroad.

    "Thanks to the Armenian Foreign Ministry, our compatriots living across
    the world will always feel taken care of even if a special agency for
    contacts with compatriots is created," the president said. According to
    him, the problem of international recognition of genocide of Armenians
    in 1915 still remains on the Foreign Ministry's agenda.
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