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MP ASHOTYAN: KOSOVO MODEL CANNOT BECOME PRECEDENT FOR NK CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
DeFacto Agency, Armenia
April 3 2006
Despite numerous statements that 2006 is auspicious for the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict settlement, the problem will not be resolved
current year, Armenian MP Armen Ashotyan is quoted as saying at a
press conference April 1.
According to Armen Ashotyan, proposals on deployment of peacekeeping
corps in the conflict zone and staging a referendum in Nagorno
Karabakh in 15 years are illusions. "We do not know what the situation
will be in 15 years, what demographic situation will be in Nagorno
Karabakh. So, we should not hope that the question will be settled
in favor of Armenians," the Armenian MP believes, REGNUM reports.
He noted that to settle the Nagorno Karabakh conflict several
models were proposed, in part, Nagorno Karabakh joining Azerbaijan,
its independence or joining Armenia, however, all the models are
inadmissible either for the Armenian, or the Azeri party. "The only
optimal option of the problem solution is preserving the status quo.
In this period it is necessary to increase investments in the
country, as well as increase human resources in Nagorno Karabakh,"
Armen Ashotyan believes.
The RA MP noted Kosovo model could not become a precedent for the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. "The statement of the Russian
party that Kosovo model can be precedent for settlement of ethnic
conflicts in the post-Soviet territory is disputable for the Armenian
leadership," Armen Ashotyan believes. If Russia is an interested party
in settlement of the Ossetian, Transdnestr and Abkhaz conflicts, in
case of Karabakh conflict the Armenian people is an interested party,
he stressed.
From: Baghdasarian
DeFacto Agency, Armenia
April 3 2006
Despite numerous statements that 2006 is auspicious for the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict settlement, the problem will not be resolved
current year, Armenian MP Armen Ashotyan is quoted as saying at a
press conference April 1.
According to Armen Ashotyan, proposals on deployment of peacekeeping
corps in the conflict zone and staging a referendum in Nagorno
Karabakh in 15 years are illusions. "We do not know what the situation
will be in 15 years, what demographic situation will be in Nagorno
Karabakh. So, we should not hope that the question will be settled
in favor of Armenians," the Armenian MP believes, REGNUM reports.
He noted that to settle the Nagorno Karabakh conflict several
models were proposed, in part, Nagorno Karabakh joining Azerbaijan,
its independence or joining Armenia, however, all the models are
inadmissible either for the Armenian, or the Azeri party. "The only
optimal option of the problem solution is preserving the status quo.
In this period it is necessary to increase investments in the
country, as well as increase human resources in Nagorno Karabakh,"
Armen Ashotyan believes.
The RA MP noted Kosovo model could not become a precedent for the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. "The statement of the Russian
party that Kosovo model can be precedent for settlement of ethnic
conflicts in the post-Soviet territory is disputable for the Armenian
leadership," Armen Ashotyan believes. If Russia is an interested party
in settlement of the Ossetian, Transdnestr and Abkhaz conflicts, in
case of Karabakh conflict the Armenian people is an interested party,
he stressed.
From: Baghdasarian