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Interfax, Russia
Feb 12 2009
Nagorno-Karabakh has right to self-determination - Armenian president
YEREVAN Feb 12
There is no reason for Nagorno-Karabakh to be part of Azerbaijan,
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said.
"Nagorno-Karabakh cannot be part of Azerbaijan. There are no legal or
historical reasons for it, nor do the people of Nagorno-Karabakh want
it," Sargsyan said at the fourth convention of the Prospering Armenia
Party in Yerevan on Thursday.
"Our position on the Karabakh conflict is clear: the people of
Nagorno-Karabakh has the right to self-determination and has exercised
this right. We also believe that the there is no alternative to the
peaceful resolution," he said.
Azerbaijan and the international community must recognize the Karabakh
people's right to self-determination, he said.
"We are fighting for this right to be recognized and the only way is
through talks. The Nagorno-Karabakh republic is our native land, it
has no value, you cannot trade in it," the Armenian president said.
There are positive prospects for the Armenian-Turkish relations, he
said. "There is a good opportunity to normalize our relations with
Turkey, and we must use that opportunity," Sargsyan said.
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Feb 12 2009
Nagorno-Karabakh has right to self-determination - Armenian president
YEREVAN Feb 12
There is no reason for Nagorno-Karabakh to be part of Azerbaijan,
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said.
"Nagorno-Karabakh cannot be part of Azerbaijan. There are no legal or
historical reasons for it, nor do the people of Nagorno-Karabakh want
it," Sargsyan said at the fourth convention of the Prospering Armenia
Party in Yerevan on Thursday.
"Our position on the Karabakh conflict is clear: the people of
Nagorno-Karabakh has the right to self-determination and has exercised
this right. We also believe that the there is no alternative to the
peaceful resolution," he said.
Azerbaijan and the international community must recognize the Karabakh
people's right to self-determination, he said.
"We are fighting for this right to be recognized and the only way is
through talks. The Nagorno-Karabakh republic is our native land, it
has no value, you cannot trade in it," the Armenian president said.
There are positive prospects for the Armenian-Turkish relations, he
said. "There is a good opportunity to normalize our relations with
Turkey, and we must use that opportunity," Sargsyan said.
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