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FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER - ARTSAKH RECOGNITION BILL SENDS IMPORTANT MESSAGE
Inga Martinyan
http://hetq.am/en/politics/a-arzumanyan-6/
2010/11/03 | 16:11
politics
Former RA Foreign Minister Alexander Arzoumanian labelled the recent
bill proposed by the Heritage Party to have Armenian officially
recognize the independence of Artsakh, as a good thing.
He said it would send a much needed message to the Armenian society
and the international community that the issue was seriously being
debated and that the Armenian parliament would go down that route if
ongoing negotiations proved fruitless.
Mr. Arzoumanian went on to say that Russia uses Armenia merely as a
backdrop for various initiatives and brought the example of Moscow
extending its military base deadline in Armenia without taking the
opinions of the authorities in Yerevan into account.
"Thus, it is sending a message to the world that Moscow holds the
key to any Karabakh settlement. The negotiations process has matured
to the point of producing a break-through, so the sides must limit
themselves to general pronouncements. They will once again proclaim
that the Minsk Group forum is the only one for a resolution of the
conflict," Mr. Arzoumanian said.
From: A. Papazian
Inga Martinyan
http://hetq.am/en/politics/a-arzumanyan-6/
2010/11/03 | 16:11
politics
Former RA Foreign Minister Alexander Arzoumanian labelled the recent
bill proposed by the Heritage Party to have Armenian officially
recognize the independence of Artsakh, as a good thing.
He said it would send a much needed message to the Armenian society
and the international community that the issue was seriously being
debated and that the Armenian parliament would go down that route if
ongoing negotiations proved fruitless.
Mr. Arzoumanian went on to say that Russia uses Armenia merely as a
backdrop for various initiatives and brought the example of Moscow
extending its military base deadline in Armenia without taking the
opinions of the authorities in Yerevan into account.
"Thus, it is sending a message to the world that Moscow holds the
key to any Karabakh settlement. The negotiations process has matured
to the point of producing a break-through, so the sides must limit
themselves to general pronouncements. They will once again proclaim
that the Minsk Group forum is the only one for a resolution of the
conflict," Mr. Arzoumanian said.
From: A. Papazian