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    Armenia should extort concessions from Azerbaijan - oppositionist

    11:40 - 05.03.11


    Armenia has to extort concessions from Azerbaijan in terms of setting
    a clear date for a referendum in Karabakh, as was done at the January
    25 meeting [between the presidents] in Sochi, and the fact was even
    documented in the WikiLeaks disclosures, Vladimir Karapetyan of the
    opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) told Tert.am.

    Asked what other steps Armenia can take to toughen its position in the
    process, he said: "The toughening of Armenia's positions in the
    Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement talks means Armenia should firmly
    stand its grounds, not making any concessions."

    Karapetyan also said that Armenian should not make unilateral
    concessions. "Any backpedalling from the Madrid principles is
    concession," he said.

    As to the expectations of the upcoming meeting between the Armenian,
    Russian and Azerbaijani presidents in Sochi, he said: "This is the
    eighth Russian mediated meeting. I think the mediators have issues to
    think over."

    Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani presidents Serzh Sargsyan, Dmitry
    Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev will meet today in Sochi to discuss the
    further steps towards the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

    The Nagorno Karabakh conflict started in the early 1990s when Karabakh
    Armenians voiced their intention to live independently from
    Azerbaijan. It was followed by pogroms against Armenians in Sumgait,
    Baku and Nagorno Karabakh that turned into a bloody war, leaving
    around 30,000 killed and more than a million displaced.

    Currently peace talks over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement
    are spearheaded by the co-chair states of the OSCE Minsk Group -
    Russia, France and the United States.


    Tert.am




    From: A. Papazian
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