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THE PRINCIPLES OFFERED ARE NOT REALISTIC
Karine Asatryan
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[01:19 pm] 30 June, 2006
"We can't claim that the negotiations within the framework of the Minks
group are over after the famous statement", said Stepan Demirchyan, the
member of the Armenian delegation to PACE. He reminded about the last
part of the statement which says that "the co-chairs will be ready to
participate in the process again if the sides really decide to continue
the negotiations with political will which has been absent by now".
At the same time Mr. Demirchyan does not consider the principles
stated by the co-chairs realistic, namely those about the removal
of the Armenian armed forces from the areas near Karabakh, about the
referendum in Karabakh in order to decide its status, etc.
"Karabakh must become a negotiating side. The settlement of the
conflict without the participation of Karabakh is not realistic",
the leader of the "Justice" bloc mentioned. According to him, Armenia
should not have replaced Karabakh in the negotiation process. "Armenia
must be the guarantee of security for Karabakh, but we must not
replace them".
Neither does Stepan Demirchyan consider the re-launching of war
realistic, despite the fact that one of the Azeri delegates, Pashaeva,
mentioned that war is probable if the OSCE Minsk group has no other
options. She promised to comment on the statement of the co-chairs
after consulting it with the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan.
By the way, asked the question if the CoE can have influence on the
settlement of the Karabakh conflict Mr. Demirchyan said, "I don't think
so. The Minsk group has been engaged in the issue for quite a while.
I don't think CoE will replace OSCE in this issue".
Karine Asatryan
A1+
[01:19 pm] 30 June, 2006
"We can't claim that the negotiations within the framework of the Minks
group are over after the famous statement", said Stepan Demirchyan, the
member of the Armenian delegation to PACE. He reminded about the last
part of the statement which says that "the co-chairs will be ready to
participate in the process again if the sides really decide to continue
the negotiations with political will which has been absent by now".
At the same time Mr. Demirchyan does not consider the principles
stated by the co-chairs realistic, namely those about the removal
of the Armenian armed forces from the areas near Karabakh, about the
referendum in Karabakh in order to decide its status, etc.
"Karabakh must become a negotiating side. The settlement of the
conflict without the participation of Karabakh is not realistic",
the leader of the "Justice" bloc mentioned. According to him, Armenia
should not have replaced Karabakh in the negotiation process. "Armenia
must be the guarantee of security for Karabakh, but we must not
replace them".
Neither does Stepan Demirchyan consider the re-launching of war
realistic, despite the fact that one of the Azeri delegates, Pashaeva,
mentioned that war is probable if the OSCE Minsk group has no other
options. She promised to comment on the statement of the co-chairs
after consulting it with the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan.
By the way, asked the question if the CoE can have influence on the
settlement of the Karabakh conflict Mr. Demirchyan said, "I don't think
so. The Minsk group has been engaged in the issue for quite a while.
I don't think CoE will replace OSCE in this issue".