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Armenia should extort concessions from Azerbaijan - oppositionist
11:40 - 05.03.11
Armenia has to extort concessions from Azerbaijan in terms of setting
a clear date for a referendum in Karabakh, as was done at the January
25 meeting [between the presidents] in Sochi, and the fact was even
documented in the WikiLeaks disclosures, Vladimir Karapetyan of the
opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) told Tert.am.
Asked what other steps Armenia can take to toughen its position in the
process, he said: "The toughening of Armenia's positions in the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement talks means Armenia should firmly
stand its grounds, not making any concessions."
Karapetyan also said that Armenian should not make unilateral
concessions. "Any backpedalling from the Madrid principles is
concession," he said.
As to the expectations of the upcoming meeting between the Armenian,
Russian and Azerbaijani presidents in Sochi, he said: "This is the
eighth Russian mediated meeting. I think the mediators have issues to
think over."
Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani presidents Serzh Sargsyan, Dmitry
Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev will meet today in Sochi to discuss the
further steps towards the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
The Nagorno Karabakh conflict started in the early 1990s when Karabakh
Armenians voiced their intention to live independently from
Azerbaijan. It was followed by pogroms against Armenians in Sumgait,
Baku and Nagorno Karabakh that turned into a bloody war, leaving
around 30,000 killed and more than a million displaced.
Currently peace talks over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement
are spearheaded by the co-chair states of the OSCE Minsk Group -
Russia, France and the United States.
Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
11:40 - 05.03.11
Armenia has to extort concessions from Azerbaijan in terms of setting
a clear date for a referendum in Karabakh, as was done at the January
25 meeting [between the presidents] in Sochi, and the fact was even
documented in the WikiLeaks disclosures, Vladimir Karapetyan of the
opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) told Tert.am.
Asked what other steps Armenia can take to toughen its position in the
process, he said: "The toughening of Armenia's positions in the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement talks means Armenia should firmly
stand its grounds, not making any concessions."
Karapetyan also said that Armenian should not make unilateral
concessions. "Any backpedalling from the Madrid principles is
concession," he said.
As to the expectations of the upcoming meeting between the Armenian,
Russian and Azerbaijani presidents in Sochi, he said: "This is the
eighth Russian mediated meeting. I think the mediators have issues to
think over."
Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani presidents Serzh Sargsyan, Dmitry
Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev will meet today in Sochi to discuss the
further steps towards the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
The Nagorno Karabakh conflict started in the early 1990s when Karabakh
Armenians voiced their intention to live independently from
Azerbaijan. It was followed by pogroms against Armenians in Sumgait,
Baku and Nagorno Karabakh that turned into a bloody war, leaving
around 30,000 killed and more than a million displaced.
Currently peace talks over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement
are spearheaded by the co-chair states of the OSCE Minsk Group -
Russia, France and the United States.
Tert.am
From: A. Papazian