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    ROBERT KOCHARIAN: IF AZERBAIJAN CONTINUES ITS LINE OF ACTION, ARMENIA WILL RECOGNIZE INDEPENDENCE OF KARABAKH

    Noyan Tapan
    March 21, 2008

    YEREVAN, MARCH 21, NOYAN TAPAN. "Azerbaijan made an attempt to test
    our toughness. I do doubt that if they are convinced that Armenia and
    Karabakh have weakened, they will again make an attempt to achieve
    success," the RA president Robert Kocharian stated at the Macrh
    20 press conference. He subscribed to the opinion that the March 4
    skirmish between Karabakh anf Azerbaijan, the UN's adoption of the
    resolution submitted by Azerbaijan, the demarche against the OSCE
    Minsk Group can be viewed as an attempt by Azeraijan to create an
    entirely new situation by nullifying the passed negotiation way.

    In the opinion of R. Kocharian, there is no better format for
    negotiations on the Karabakh conflict settlement than the OSCE Minsk
    Group. "However, it does not mean that if Azerbaijan does not accept
    this format, we will cling to it. However, we must also consider that
    if they do not negotiate, then how they see the future and who will
    bear responsibility for possible steps," the Armenian president said.

    He stated that if Azerbaijan continues this line of action, then
    "our step will be the recognition of Karabakh's independence and the
    signing of the respective agreements with it: the agreements on mutual
    assistance, on organization of the joint defence, and so on."

    By displaing activity in the issue of adoption of the above mentioned
    resolution by the UN, Azerbaijan "attempted to use a resolution as an
    counterbalance to the precedent of Kosovo's independence which means
    that it is not related to Karabakh," the Armenian president said,
    adding that Azerbaijan saw a danger in Kosovo's independence because
    the two conflicts are quite similar to each other. Nevertheless,
    in the words of R. Kocharian, "their calculation was not justified
    and much more states did not support them."

    R. Kocharian said that Karabakh has greater and more substantiated
    reasons for being independent than Kosovo. The independence of Karaakh
    was declared in September 1992, the referendum on independence was
    held in December.

    Karabak has its state structures, and it has defended its independence
    and territorial integrity by own strength.
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