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Feb 18 2008
Levon Ter-Petrosyan: "The balance has been broken in favor of
Azerbaijan and today it is economically and politically stronger than
Armenia"
18 February 2008 [13:24] - Today.Az
"Armenia is still able to rival Azerbaijan and we will not be
defeated if a new war is resumed".
The due information was provided by the first president of Armenia
Levon Ter-Petrosyan at a press conference in Yerevan.
The ex-president noted that the working authorities adheres to the
necessity to preserve the status quo and they imitated talks for 10
years and activity in this issue.
"The status quo has been formally preserved in the result of this
policy, Karabakh remains within the same borders as it was in 1997.
But this is a formality, the essence is more important for me. The
status quo is not a map, or a contact line or borders. For me the
status quo is a correlation between the powers. In 1997 this
correlation was different.
We were almost equal both economically and politically. The balance
has been broken in favor of Azerbaijan, it is economically and
politically stronger than Armenia. Not in the military sense.
Armenia still able to rival Azerbaijan and we will not be defeated if
a new war is resumed, we will even not lose our current positions,
but the further economic and political consolidation of Azerbaijan
will lead to its military strengthening as well", he noted and added
that the soonest resolution of the Karabakh conflict is in Armenia's
interest.
/Regnum/
URL: http://www.today.az/news/politics/43179.html
Feb 18 2008
Levon Ter-Petrosyan: "The balance has been broken in favor of
Azerbaijan and today it is economically and politically stronger than
Armenia"
18 February 2008 [13:24] - Today.Az
"Armenia is still able to rival Azerbaijan and we will not be
defeated if a new war is resumed".
The due information was provided by the first president of Armenia
Levon Ter-Petrosyan at a press conference in Yerevan.
The ex-president noted that the working authorities adheres to the
necessity to preserve the status quo and they imitated talks for 10
years and activity in this issue.
"The status quo has been formally preserved in the result of this
policy, Karabakh remains within the same borders as it was in 1997.
But this is a formality, the essence is more important for me. The
status quo is not a map, or a contact line or borders. For me the
status quo is a correlation between the powers. In 1997 this
correlation was different.
We were almost equal both economically and politically. The balance
has been broken in favor of Azerbaijan, it is economically and
politically stronger than Armenia. Not in the military sense.
Armenia still able to rival Azerbaijan and we will not be defeated if
a new war is resumed, we will even not lose our current positions,
but the further economic and political consolidation of Azerbaijan
will lead to its military strengthening as well", he noted and added
that the soonest resolution of the Karabakh conflict is in Armenia's
interest.
/Regnum/
URL: http://www.today.az/news/politics/43179.html