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NAGORNO-KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS A GAME - EXPERT
16:07 ~U 20.02.13
Expert in international relations Menua Soghomonyan believes
Nagorno-Karabakh's independence is a reality.
"No concessions are possible, and the negotiations over Artsakh
[Nagorno-Karabakh] are just a game because Artsakh is already
independent," Mr Soghomonyan told journalists on Wednesday.
He does not expect the problem to be resolved at the moment. He
believes that Armenia's withdrawing from the negotiations will settle
the problem. "Artsakh's independence is the whole problem, and Armenia
has nothing else to do," Mr Soghomonyan said. Nagorno-Karabakh must
be directly involved in the negotiations, he said.
It is Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and his administration that
need the present negotiation process. Should the negotiation process
reach a stalemate, they will not find anything to tell their society.
"They say the problem needs a military solution, but they are well
aware they are incapable of that," Mr Soghomonyan said.
With respect to the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, the Lisbon
principles were in effect during Levon Ter-Petrosyan's presidency.
The Madrid principles were the basis for negotiations under Robert
Kocharyan. Armenia's incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan has assumed
a harder line, which "is enhancing our country's reputation," the
expert said.
http://tert.am/en/news/2013/02/20/menua-soghomonyan/
From: A. Papazian
16:07 ~U 20.02.13
Expert in international relations Menua Soghomonyan believes
Nagorno-Karabakh's independence is a reality.
"No concessions are possible, and the negotiations over Artsakh
[Nagorno-Karabakh] are just a game because Artsakh is already
independent," Mr Soghomonyan told journalists on Wednesday.
He does not expect the problem to be resolved at the moment. He
believes that Armenia's withdrawing from the negotiations will settle
the problem. "Artsakh's independence is the whole problem, and Armenia
has nothing else to do," Mr Soghomonyan said. Nagorno-Karabakh must
be directly involved in the negotiations, he said.
It is Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and his administration that
need the present negotiation process. Should the negotiation process
reach a stalemate, they will not find anything to tell their society.
"They say the problem needs a military solution, but they are well
aware they are incapable of that," Mr Soghomonyan said.
With respect to the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, the Lisbon
principles were in effect during Levon Ter-Petrosyan's presidency.
The Madrid principles were the basis for negotiations under Robert
Kocharyan. Armenia's incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan has assumed
a harder line, which "is enhancing our country's reputation," the
expert said.
http://tert.am/en/news/2013/02/20/menua-soghomonyan/
From: A. Papazian