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KARABAKH MINISTER SAYS PEACEKEEPERS' DEPLOYMENT "HARDLY POSSIBLE" -ARMENIAN PAPER
Aykakan Zhamanak, Yerevan
4 May 06
Text of Kristine Khanumyan's report in Armenian newspaper Aykakan
Zhamanak on 4 May
NKR [Nagornyy Karabakh republic] foreign minister Georgiy Petrosyan's
first interview with Karabakh's [opposition] newspaper Demo.
"We are worried that a worsening of Iranian-American relations may
affect the Karabakh conflict, as well as the whole of the South
Caucasus. Any settlement to the Iranian problem that will involve
changing the military balance in the region is a potential danger
to the interests of all the players in the region. For this reason,
we back balanced political decisions through negotiations, decisions
which will not disturb the fragile stability and security in the
region," Petrosyan said.
Touching on the possible deployment of peacekeepers in the region in
Iran "sauce", he said that this seemed hardly possible. "I believe
that the military and political balance in the region, which has
been preserved since the signing of a cease-fire agreement by the
three parties to the [Nagornyy Karabakh] conflict, will prevent the
issue of peacekeepers' deployment from being speeded up artificially,"
the minister said. He added that there were also several complicated
problems connected with the deployment of peacekeepers such as terms,
procedures, mandate, responsibility and others, which should be
resolved within the framework of settlement and agreed with all the
parties to the conflict, especially with the NKR. But the minister
said the deployment of peacekeepers could be unnecessary since there
was the self-regulating factor as the contact line, which had been
emphasized by many international experts.
Touching on the recent hearings in the NKR parliament [on the Nagornyy
Karabakh conflict settlement], Petrosyan said that the fact of holding
hearings was positive in itself but one should admit that "it is a
little bit late" to openly discuss painful problems in parliament. "I
am glad that all the political forces of the NKR had the same view in
principle on the Karabakh problem which coincides with the general
foreign policy of our state. Moreover, taking into account the
fact that the Karabakh issue is often discussed by international
organizations, it is time for the NKR parliament to intensify its
efforts taking account of the vital significance of the problem,"
Petrosyan said.
Aykakan Zhamanak, Yerevan
4 May 06
Text of Kristine Khanumyan's report in Armenian newspaper Aykakan
Zhamanak on 4 May
NKR [Nagornyy Karabakh republic] foreign minister Georgiy Petrosyan's
first interview with Karabakh's [opposition] newspaper Demo.
"We are worried that a worsening of Iranian-American relations may
affect the Karabakh conflict, as well as the whole of the South
Caucasus. Any settlement to the Iranian problem that will involve
changing the military balance in the region is a potential danger
to the interests of all the players in the region. For this reason,
we back balanced political decisions through negotiations, decisions
which will not disturb the fragile stability and security in the
region," Petrosyan said.
Touching on the possible deployment of peacekeepers in the region in
Iran "sauce", he said that this seemed hardly possible. "I believe
that the military and political balance in the region, which has
been preserved since the signing of a cease-fire agreement by the
three parties to the [Nagornyy Karabakh] conflict, will prevent the
issue of peacekeepers' deployment from being speeded up artificially,"
the minister said. He added that there were also several complicated
problems connected with the deployment of peacekeepers such as terms,
procedures, mandate, responsibility and others, which should be
resolved within the framework of settlement and agreed with all the
parties to the conflict, especially with the NKR. But the minister
said the deployment of peacekeepers could be unnecessary since there
was the self-regulating factor as the contact line, which had been
emphasized by many international experts.
Touching on the recent hearings in the NKR parliament [on the Nagornyy
Karabakh conflict settlement], Petrosyan said that the fact of holding
hearings was positive in itself but one should admit that "it is a
little bit late" to openly discuss painful problems in parliament. "I
am glad that all the political forces of the NKR had the same view in
principle on the Karabakh problem which coincides with the general
foreign policy of our state. Moreover, taking into account the
fact that the Karabakh issue is often discussed by international
organizations, it is time for the NKR parliament to intensify its
efforts taking account of the vital significance of the problem,"
Petrosyan said.