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IN ORDER TO REACH A COMPROMISE WE MUST FIRST NEGOTIATE
KarabakhOpen
19-09-2007 10:11:25
The speaker of the Karabakh parliament Ashot Ghulyan said in an
interview with News Armenia the current stage of the talks is not
reassuring. "I think it is due to the inhibitions in Azerbaijan
regarding the legal grounds and the context of the settlement in
general. In particular, the principle of territorial integrity is said
to be primary. And though nothing new has added to the international
law over the past 10 to 15 years, life continues on the Earth, new
states emerge on the map. If the states are ready to be recognized,
there is no other obstacle.
It is so natural, and even no other arguments are needed. Logically,
it is very simple: two new states emerged in the territory of former
Soviet Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh Republic - and the
settlement should take into consideration the reality. If Azerbaijan
dislikes the existence of NKR, it does not mean the topic is not for
discussion by the international community. We need space or rostrum
to discuss it," Ashot Ghulyan said.
"Nagorno-Karabakh knows what it wants. However, since everything is
correlated, the degree of compromise on behalf of Karabakh will depend
on the degree of concessions on behalf of Azerbaijan. However, we are
not going to discuss anything that is related to the security of the
people of Nagorno-Karabakh one way or another. In order to reach a
compromise we must first negotiate. The talks will show the expedience
of the actions of each of the sides regarding the key issues, namely
the problem of territories, refugees, etc. At any rate, people have
not thought out another way of solving conflicts than talks," said
the speaker of the Karabakh parliament.
"Azerbaijan assumed obligations on entry to international
organizations. One of them is peace settlement of existing problems.
If Azerbaijan can afford to disregard these obligations, it is
already the problem of the international community. I think in any
case Azerbaijan should think before making unjustified and thoughtless
moves. No politician who has good sense would assume responsibility
for the consequences of breaking the cease-fire, considering that
the international community will not endorse him. Life showed that
there is no military resolution of the conflict over Karabakh,
and I think the more Azerbaijan kindles the militaristic hysteria,
the more reason Karabakh and the other regional actors will have to
boost their military potential," Ashot Ghulyan said.
KarabakhOpen
19-09-2007 10:11:25
The speaker of the Karabakh parliament Ashot Ghulyan said in an
interview with News Armenia the current stage of the talks is not
reassuring. "I think it is due to the inhibitions in Azerbaijan
regarding the legal grounds and the context of the settlement in
general. In particular, the principle of territorial integrity is said
to be primary. And though nothing new has added to the international
law over the past 10 to 15 years, life continues on the Earth, new
states emerge on the map. If the states are ready to be recognized,
there is no other obstacle.
It is so natural, and even no other arguments are needed. Logically,
it is very simple: two new states emerged in the territory of former
Soviet Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh Republic - and the
settlement should take into consideration the reality. If Azerbaijan
dislikes the existence of NKR, it does not mean the topic is not for
discussion by the international community. We need space or rostrum
to discuss it," Ashot Ghulyan said.
"Nagorno-Karabakh knows what it wants. However, since everything is
correlated, the degree of compromise on behalf of Karabakh will depend
on the degree of concessions on behalf of Azerbaijan. However, we are
not going to discuss anything that is related to the security of the
people of Nagorno-Karabakh one way or another. In order to reach a
compromise we must first negotiate. The talks will show the expedience
of the actions of each of the sides regarding the key issues, namely
the problem of territories, refugees, etc. At any rate, people have
not thought out another way of solving conflicts than talks," said
the speaker of the Karabakh parliament.
"Azerbaijan assumed obligations on entry to international
organizations. One of them is peace settlement of existing problems.
If Azerbaijan can afford to disregard these obligations, it is
already the problem of the international community. I think in any
case Azerbaijan should think before making unjustified and thoughtless
moves. No politician who has good sense would assume responsibility
for the consequences of breaking the cease-fire, considering that
the international community will not endorse him. Life showed that
there is no military resolution of the conflict over Karabakh,
and I think the more Azerbaijan kindles the militaristic hysteria,
the more reason Karabakh and the other regional actors will have to
boost their military potential," Ashot Ghulyan said.