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    HOW IS OSKANYAN GOING TO LOOK KARABAKH PEOPLE IN THE EYE?

    Lragir.am
    01 May 06

    Over the past two weeks a number of high officials of Armenia have
    visited Karabakh. On April 18 Serge Sargsyan arrived in Karabakh to
    observe the military exercise of the NKR Army. On April 21 a group
    of members of parliament and the chair of the Committee of External
    Relations Armen Rustamyan arrived in Stepanakert to take part in the
    parliamentary hearing. On April 26 the meeting of parliamentarians
    of NKR and Armenia took place, and a delegation of members of the
    National Assembly of Armenia, headed by Deputy Speaker Tigran Torosyan
    arrived in NKR. At the end of the "race" Armenian Foreign Minister
    Vardan Oskanyan suddenly visited Stepanakert.

    The foreign minister met with the leadership of Karabakh and delivered
    a brief lecture at Artsakh State University. He made several notable
    statements while answering the questions of students.

    First of all, he announced that he had initiated his visit to
    Karabakh to look in the eyes of people whose "existence is already
    encouraging." He emphasized that he understood how difficult it is
    for the people of Karabakh to live in such uncertainty. He reassured,
    however, that this uncertainty is nothing as long as Armenia and
    Karabakh are one. He said the following, "You have done your job,
    now trust everything to the diplomats."

    With regard to this the minister stated that the current task of
    the Armenian diplomacy is to set down formally and recognize the
    current reality. The minister assures that Armenia would not take
    steps that would endanger the independence of NKR, the security of
    its people, and the border with Armenia. He simply explained that for
    the international community the notion of "Nagorno Karabakh" denotes
    the former Autonomous Region of Nagorno Karabakh. Although in reply
    to a related question the minister said it is early to discuss the
    questions of refugees, territories and peacemakers. "If President
    Aliev announces in Washington that the settlement must be based on
    the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, why should we speak about
    territories?" wondered the minister.

    With regard to the Armenia-Karabakh relations Vardan Oskanyan said
    the Karabakhi origin of President Robert Kocharyan allows him to
    represent Karabakh too in this round of the talks. Now the principles
    of a resolution need to be clarified, and as soon as these are defined,
    the engagement of Karabakh will be certain. And if Azerbaijan rejects
    these again, it will mean that Baku rejects a peace settlement and
    does not recognize the right for self-determination of the people of
    Karabakh. In this case Armenia will recognize the independence of NKR.

    Extending the topic, Vardan Oskanyan confirmed that he had not been
    invited to take part in the parliamentary hearing in Stepanakert
    officially because it was known that his schedule was very busy.

    However, at the National Assembly the statement of the hearings was
    extended to him on April 28, which "clearly reflects the will and
    standpoint of the people of Karabakh." It is a clear message to the
    international community, said the minister.
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