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    Armenian paper questions Azeri leader's new Karabakh proposals

    Haykakan Zhamanak, Yerevan
    30 Jun 05

    Text of unattributed report by Armenian newspaper Haykakan Zhamanak on
    30 June headlined "Secrets of the negotiations"

    Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said yesterday that Azerbaijan is
    ready to provide security guarantees and privileged rights to the
    Armenian community of Nagornyy Karabakh. "I am sure that the problem
    will be settled in this context," he said.

    Nevertheless, if everything is clear with regard to security, then
    what does privileged rights mean? In all probability, he means that
    the people of Nagornyy Karabakh will be given an opportunity to hold a
    referendum in the future and determine the status of the Nagornyy
    Karabakh Republic [NKR]. At this stage of the negotiations, Armenia
    and Azerbaijan are discussing this problem as well.

    According to our information, holding discussions on these issues is
    acceptable to Armenia. At first sight, this option seems to be very
    favourable for Armenia, but in reality everything will be clear after
    we find out details that might be numerous.

    And if this option is acceptable to Armenia after these details are
    clarified, we shall clearly support the stage-by-stage, not the
    package settlement, because now that a peace agreement is being
    prepared, the status of Nagornyy Karabakh, which was very important to
    the [Armenian President Robert] Kocharyan administration until
    recently, will not be finally determined.

    Nevertheless, we should admit that it is unlikely that the
    negotiations on this issue will provide Armenia with any favourable
    settlement. This settlement will have nothing in common with the
    principle which Kocharyan used to come to power and which is quite
    similar to [ex-President Levon] Ter-Petrosyan's option for settling
    the conflict.

    And if Robert Kocharyan manages to come to a logical conclusion today,
    the Armenian public will be presented with an alternative: either to
    remind Kocharyan of how he came to power or to allow him to go for a
    Karabakh settlement based on mutual compromises. The answer to this
    question will depend on mutual compromises suggested by Kocharyan.
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