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    NKR PRESIDENT: KARABAKH SHOULD BE PARTY TO TALKS

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    19.05.2008 13:14 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Nagorno Karabakh should hold talks with Azerbaijan,
    NKR President said.

    "Nagorno Karabakh Republic is the main party to conflict and it has
    priorities like other foreign states," Bako Sahakian said.

    According to NKR Prime Minister Ara Harutyunyan, population density
    will become the principal goal of the republic's national security
    doctrine, Vedomosti Russian newspaper reports.

    "Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov insists on
    determination of Karabakh's status within Azerbaijan after 'withdrawal
    of Armenian troops from the seized territories'. The U.S. Department
    of State said in April it will not recognize Karabakh's sovereignty,"
    the edition says.

    "The intention to secure high population density could be prompted
    by the rumors that Armenia is ready to cede a part of Karabakh to
    Azerbaijan," NKR parliament member Gegham Baghdasaryan supposed.

    "According to official data, the population of Nagorno Karabakh makes
    some 150 000, what is ten times less that in neighbor Armenia. The
    government's goal is to bring this figure up to 500 000 within
    shortest terms.

    Birth rate is also going up, with 14 children per 1000. Boost of
    population can also help recognition of independence, as it was in
    Kosovo," Ara Harutyunyan said.

    Earlier, Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said that
    Karabakh's status will be determined through a referendum.

    Meanwhile, deputy chair of the RF Duma international committee Leonid
    Slutskiy said that Moscow stands for a solution under international
    mediation.
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