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"MADRID PRINCIPLES MUST BE REJECTED"
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2011/06/28/madrid
June 28, 2011
Everyone has expectations before the presidents' meeting and then
it turns out that the expectations were unsubstantiated. We didn't
have any expectations from the meeting in Kazan," politologist,
press speaker for "Heritage" Party Hovsep Khurshudyan told "A1+" today.
If there was confidence that no document would be signed, why did
Zaruhi Postanjyan make a call in Strasbourg? In response, Hovsep
Khurshudyan said:
"There is always fear because we know the Armenian authorities'
working style. They sign documents overnight and then present them to
the society without any broad public discourse. We still have doubts
that the Madrid Principles that envisage the dislocation of Armenian
forces from the liberated territories, which may provoke a war, is
a phenomenon that causes a threat to Armenia's and Artsakh's security."
What should Armenia's concession be?
"We must see what Azerbaijan is ready to concede, but Azerbaijan is
simply not ready for concessions. It says Armenia must be subject
to capitulation, liberate the territories and that there is no
way for Artsakh to be independent. This nonsensical approach in
the negotiations goes to show that Azerbaijan is not ready for a
resolution. If it isn't ready, let's consider the issue solved," says
Hovsep Khurshudyan, adding that the Republic of Artsakh is independent
regardless of international recognition and that any nation has the
right to become self-determined in line with the Helsinki principles
and in accordance with international norms."
According to Khurshudyan, the societies of neither Armenia nor
Azerbaijan are ready for concessions that are recorded in the Madrid
Principles, and this means that both sides should reject those
principles and start from a new point. The Republic of Artsakh should
be recognized and it should be recognized by Armenia so that the
mediators realize that there can be no other way.
Touching upon Serzh Sargsyan's statement in the PACE that Armenia
hasn't recognized the NKR's independence because it recognizes
Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, Hovsep Khurshudyan noted:
"It is painful and it is the continuation of the policy that all three
Armenian presidents have adopted, but we condemn that policy. Armenia
truly made a huge mistake by recognizing Azerbaijan's territorial
integrity within the framework of the OSCE and the moment it signed
the CIS agreement. International law doesn't require recognition
of territorial integrity with the current borders. Armenia could
recognize Azerbaijan's territorial integrity without Artsakh and
Artsakh's territorial integrity with today's borders".
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2011/06/28/madrid
June 28, 2011
Everyone has expectations before the presidents' meeting and then
it turns out that the expectations were unsubstantiated. We didn't
have any expectations from the meeting in Kazan," politologist,
press speaker for "Heritage" Party Hovsep Khurshudyan told "A1+" today.
If there was confidence that no document would be signed, why did
Zaruhi Postanjyan make a call in Strasbourg? In response, Hovsep
Khurshudyan said:
"There is always fear because we know the Armenian authorities'
working style. They sign documents overnight and then present them to
the society without any broad public discourse. We still have doubts
that the Madrid Principles that envisage the dislocation of Armenian
forces from the liberated territories, which may provoke a war, is
a phenomenon that causes a threat to Armenia's and Artsakh's security."
What should Armenia's concession be?
"We must see what Azerbaijan is ready to concede, but Azerbaijan is
simply not ready for concessions. It says Armenia must be subject
to capitulation, liberate the territories and that there is no
way for Artsakh to be independent. This nonsensical approach in
the negotiations goes to show that Azerbaijan is not ready for a
resolution. If it isn't ready, let's consider the issue solved," says
Hovsep Khurshudyan, adding that the Republic of Artsakh is independent
regardless of international recognition and that any nation has the
right to become self-determined in line with the Helsinki principles
and in accordance with international norms."
According to Khurshudyan, the societies of neither Armenia nor
Azerbaijan are ready for concessions that are recorded in the Madrid
Principles, and this means that both sides should reject those
principles and start from a new point. The Republic of Artsakh should
be recognized and it should be recognized by Armenia so that the
mediators realize that there can be no other way.
Touching upon Serzh Sargsyan's statement in the PACE that Armenia
hasn't recognized the NKR's independence because it recognizes
Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, Hovsep Khurshudyan noted:
"It is painful and it is the continuation of the policy that all three
Armenian presidents have adopted, but we condemn that policy. Armenia
truly made a huge mistake by recognizing Azerbaijan's territorial
integrity within the framework of the OSCE and the moment it signed
the CIS agreement. International law doesn't require recognition
of territorial integrity with the current borders. Armenia could
recognize Azerbaijan's territorial integrity without Artsakh and
Artsakh's territorial integrity with today's borders".