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July 31 2010
No autonomy within Azerbaijan's borders, NKR President says
July 31, 2010 | 12:59
`By proposing the highest-level autonomy to the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic (NKR) within Azerbaijan's borders that country's politicians
are just engaged in political speculations. There is no returning to
the past, and, I think, the fact is clear to anyone,' NKR President
Bako Sahakyan stated in his interview with Interfax.
`We had such autonomy for 70 years, in Soviet times, as everyone knows
well what was the end. Any highest-level or any other autonomy within
Azerbaijan's borders is out of the question. The only solution to the
conflict with Azerbaijan is legal international recognition of the
NKR's independence,' President Sahakyan said.
As regards the current stage of the negotiations, the NKR leader
pointed out that a final settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
requires the restoration of the format with the NKR's participation as
a negotiator.
`The only requirement is to observe the resolution of the OSCE Summit
in Budapest in 1994. That summit was actually a founding one. It made
decisions transforming the Conference on Security and Co-operation in
Europe (CSCE) into the OSCE, as well as instituting OSCE Minsk Group
Co-Chairs,' President Sahakyan said.
The NKR leader pointed out that the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict is
impossible to settle without the NKR's participation in the
negotiations. International mediators, particularly the OSCE Minsk
Group Co-Chairs, admit the fact.
`We are ready for direct negotiations with Azerbaijan and for
discussing any issues, which we are constantly stating. It is just
impossible to ignore Nagorno-Karabakh's opinion even despite the fact
that Azerbaijan's destructive policy deformed the negotiation process.
I think the restoration of the normal negotiation format is a matter
of time,' Sahakyan said.
From: A. Papazian
July 31 2010
No autonomy within Azerbaijan's borders, NKR President says
July 31, 2010 | 12:59
`By proposing the highest-level autonomy to the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic (NKR) within Azerbaijan's borders that country's politicians
are just engaged in political speculations. There is no returning to
the past, and, I think, the fact is clear to anyone,' NKR President
Bako Sahakyan stated in his interview with Interfax.
`We had such autonomy for 70 years, in Soviet times, as everyone knows
well what was the end. Any highest-level or any other autonomy within
Azerbaijan's borders is out of the question. The only solution to the
conflict with Azerbaijan is legal international recognition of the
NKR's independence,' President Sahakyan said.
As regards the current stage of the negotiations, the NKR leader
pointed out that a final settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
requires the restoration of the format with the NKR's participation as
a negotiator.
`The only requirement is to observe the resolution of the OSCE Summit
in Budapest in 1994. That summit was actually a founding one. It made
decisions transforming the Conference on Security and Co-operation in
Europe (CSCE) into the OSCE, as well as instituting OSCE Minsk Group
Co-Chairs,' President Sahakyan said.
The NKR leader pointed out that the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict is
impossible to settle without the NKR's participation in the
negotiations. International mediators, particularly the OSCE Minsk
Group Co-Chairs, admit the fact.
`We are ready for direct negotiations with Azerbaijan and for
discussing any issues, which we are constantly stating. It is just
impossible to ignore Nagorno-Karabakh's opinion even despite the fact
that Azerbaijan's destructive policy deformed the negotiation process.
I think the restoration of the normal negotiation format is a matter
of time,' Sahakyan said.
From: A. Papazian