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    NKR PARLIAMENT SPEAKER AND NKR FOREIGN MINISTER DELIVER SPEECHES IN US
    INSTITUTE OF PEACE


    WASHINGTON, JUNE 30, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On June 28, in
    Washington, the NKR officials delivered a speech at the United States
    Institute of Peace at the event on subject "Karabakh Conflict:
    Prerequisites of Peace". Diplomats, leaders of strategic centers and
    organizations, members of the Armenian Diaspora attended the event. In
    their speeches, Ashot Ghoulian and Georgy Petrossian presented the
    official position of the NKR on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict focusing
    on the history of the conflict and the current stage of the peace
    settlement. The NKR Parliament Speaker presented the legal and
    historic grounds of the proclamation and establishment of the Nagorno
    Karabakh Republic stressing their correspondence to the international
    norms and experience. Speaking of the situation in the region, Ashot
    Ghoulian noted that the NKR regarded with comprehension to the vital
    interests of the USA and other countries in the South Caucasus but at
    the same time it anticipated understanding of its interests from these
    countries.

    In his speech, the NKR Foreign Minister stressed that the current
    format of the negotiations does not reflect the real point of the
    conflict as the Azerbaijani party refuses to negotiate with Nagorno
    Karabakh. Thus, Georgy Petrossian noted, since 1988 Azerbaijan has
    transformed the possibility of the legal solution of the problem to an
    enduring ethno-political conflict. The NKR delegation answered the
    attendants' various questions.

    Then, in the U.S. Congress, the NKR Parliament Speaker and Foreign
    Minister had a meeting with Ranking Member of the House Foreign
    Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, Congresswoman Nita Lowey. In
    the course of the talk, the NKR delegation presented the current
    social-economic state in the republic, the achievements connected with
    the development of democracy in Artsakh and the last developments in
    the process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.

    According to the NKR MFA, in the evening, in honor of the NKR
    delegation, a reception took place in Capitol in which the
    U.S. Congress members, RA Ambassador to the USA Tatoul Markarian, NKR
    Permanent Representative in the USA Vardan Barseghian, leadership of
    the Armenian Assembly of America and the Armenian National Committee
    of America, Congress staff members, journalists, members of the
    Armenian Diaspora took part. Congressmen Frank Pallone, Joe
    Knollenberg, Edward Roys, Caroline Malony, Adam Shiff, Bred Sherman,
    who heartedly greeted the NKR National Assembly Chairman and Foreign
    Minister, delivered speeches at the event. Condemning the aggressive
    anti-Armenian policy conducted by Azerbaijan, the Congress members
    confirmed readiness to contribute to the establishment and development
    of the NKR. In their speeches, the Nagorno Karabakh officials
    expressed gratitude to the U.S. Congress and American people on
    behalf of the people of Artsakh for adherence to such eternal values
    as freedom and democracy as well as for the humanitarian aid rendered
    to Nagorno Karabakh. "Artsakh knowingly chose the way of freedom and
    democracy and no obstacles will turn it from that way", the NKR NA
    Speaker summed up.

    After the event, the NKR delegation met with Co-Chairs of the
    U.S. Congress of Armenian Friendship Group, Congressmen Frank Pallone
    and Joe Knollenberg. The participants of the talk touched upon issues
    related to the current social-economic state in the NKR, development
    of democracy in Artsakh, assistance rendered by the USA to the NKR and
    the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.
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