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ASTANA DECLARATION COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE: GIRO MANOYAN
Tert.am
03.12.10
The declaration adopted by the OSCE state leaders in Astana might
have been even worse, according to Giro Manoyan, Head of ARF-D Hay
Dat and Political Affairs Office.
"Turkey might have used the Armenia-Turkey protocols as a tool of
pressure for extorting some document it might consider satisfactory
for ratifying the protocols," he told journalists on Friday.
"The declaration is good in as much as it isn't bad," Manoyan said,
adding that the fact of signing a document enabling parties to continue
the talks is already a positive sign.
He added that Azerbaijan's current stance, however, shows the process
is partially dead.
"I think we should expect active propaganda and, most probably,
military operations from Azerbaijan in the coming weeks or months,
and I believe the mediators will be very strict to that. But strictness
here is restricted to statements," he added.
Manoyan also spoke of the possibility of Armenia's policy in case
Azerbaijan resumes the war.
He said that in case of a war, "we must unite with Karabakh
immediately, not simply recognize it."
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
03.12.10
The declaration adopted by the OSCE state leaders in Astana might
have been even worse, according to Giro Manoyan, Head of ARF-D Hay
Dat and Political Affairs Office.
"Turkey might have used the Armenia-Turkey protocols as a tool of
pressure for extorting some document it might consider satisfactory
for ratifying the protocols," he told journalists on Friday.
"The declaration is good in as much as it isn't bad," Manoyan said,
adding that the fact of signing a document enabling parties to continue
the talks is already a positive sign.
He added that Azerbaijan's current stance, however, shows the process
is partially dead.
"I think we should expect active propaganda and, most probably,
military operations from Azerbaijan in the coming weeks or months,
and I believe the mediators will be very strict to that. But strictness
here is restricted to statements," he added.
Manoyan also spoke of the possibility of Armenia's policy in case
Azerbaijan resumes the war.
He said that in case of a war, "we must unite with Karabakh
immediately, not simply recognize it."
From: A. Papazian