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GAGIK MELIKYAN: 'IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE THE FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE NK CONFLICT WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION OF NAGORNO KARABAKH IN THE NEGOTIATIONS'
ARMENPRESS
July 20, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JULY 20, ARMENPRESS: It is impossible to achieve the final
settlement of the NK conflict without the participation of the Nagorno
Karabakh in the negotiations, Gagik Melikyan, member of the Armenian
Republican party's faction said today at the meeting with journalists.
According to him, the same fact has been stressed by the OSCE Minsk
Group Co-Chairs, who mentioned in their latest statement about the
importance of the NK's participation.
As to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov's statement,
according to which NK cannot use the right of nations to
self-determination, because of the existence of the Armenian State, he
said: 'If we follow the same principle, we can say that the existence
of Azerbaijan is not necessary for the world, as there is a Republic of
Turkey. Secondly, it is not Mamedyarov, who must dictate the terms of
usage of the right of nations to self-determination,' the deputy said.
He stated that Armenia has not occupied any territory of Azerbaijan,
so it does not have to give back any territory. 'The Nagorno Karabakh
liberated its territories via a war, which was obliged to it by
Azerbaijan,' Gagik Melikyan said.
At the latest congress of the Armenian All-National Movement Levon
Ter-Petrosyan stated that Armenia cannot develop without regulating the
NK issue and Armenian-Turkish relations. Commenting on the statement,
Gagik Melikyan said there is a shred of truth in this. 'The fact
that the NK issue and Armenian-Turkish relations are not regulated
yet has some influence on the development of Armenia's economy,
but the influence is not so big,' he said.
In answer to Levon Ter-Petrosyan's another statement, according to
which the danger of war is real and the authorities should be frank
with their own nation, Gagik Melikyan said the Armenian authorities
are too frank with their own nation, and the decisions, adopted by
the authorities, are quite transparent. 'In all the stages of the
process of talks the Armenian authorities always informed about their
decisions on the settlement of the NK issue. However, I cannot say
the same thing about the Azerbaijani authorities,' Gagik Melikyan said.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
July 20, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JULY 20, ARMENPRESS: It is impossible to achieve the final
settlement of the NK conflict without the participation of the Nagorno
Karabakh in the negotiations, Gagik Melikyan, member of the Armenian
Republican party's faction said today at the meeting with journalists.
According to him, the same fact has been stressed by the OSCE Minsk
Group Co-Chairs, who mentioned in their latest statement about the
importance of the NK's participation.
As to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov's statement,
according to which NK cannot use the right of nations to
self-determination, because of the existence of the Armenian State, he
said: 'If we follow the same principle, we can say that the existence
of Azerbaijan is not necessary for the world, as there is a Republic of
Turkey. Secondly, it is not Mamedyarov, who must dictate the terms of
usage of the right of nations to self-determination,' the deputy said.
He stated that Armenia has not occupied any territory of Azerbaijan,
so it does not have to give back any territory. 'The Nagorno Karabakh
liberated its territories via a war, which was obliged to it by
Azerbaijan,' Gagik Melikyan said.
At the latest congress of the Armenian All-National Movement Levon
Ter-Petrosyan stated that Armenia cannot develop without regulating the
NK issue and Armenian-Turkish relations. Commenting on the statement,
Gagik Melikyan said there is a shred of truth in this. 'The fact
that the NK issue and Armenian-Turkish relations are not regulated
yet has some influence on the development of Armenia's economy,
but the influence is not so big,' he said.
In answer to Levon Ter-Petrosyan's another statement, according to
which the danger of war is real and the authorities should be frank
with their own nation, Gagik Melikyan said the Armenian authorities
are too frank with their own nation, and the decisions, adopted by
the authorities, are quite transparent. 'In all the stages of the
process of talks the Armenian authorities always informed about their
decisions on the settlement of the NK issue. However, I cannot say
the same thing about the Azerbaijani authorities,' Gagik Melikyan said.
From: A. Papazian