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ARMENIAN POLITICIAN SLAMS AZERBAIJAN FOR IMPOSING PRECONDITIONS ON KARABAKH
http://tert.am/en/news/2013/01/09/arman-meliklyan/
09.01.13
Imposing preconditions on Karabakh is a criminal approach by the
Azerbaijani authorities, says Arman Melikyan, a former foreign minister
of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
"Azerbaijan speaks of returning the deposits [of the Karabakh people],
but it puts forward numerous preconditions, with the demand for people
to declare themselves Azerbaijani citizens being the first. This is
a property issue, as a matter of fact, and has nothing to do with
Azerbaijan's good faith," the politician told Tert.am.
Melikyan explained that it does not absolutely matter whether the
Azerbaijanis will keep their promise. The important thing, according to
him, is what they are trying to propose to the Armenians of Karabakh,
the Azerbaijani-Armenian refugees and the world community.
"Azerbaijan will pay lost property damage to more than half a million
Armenians; it should also be held responsible for the financial means.
We just have to guide our people in the right direction, and that
has to be done continuously," he said, adding that both Armenia and
Karabakh have failed to work properly in that direction.
"People are actually forced to take inadequate steps, but Azerbaijan
has to think first of all of paying the property and financial damage
to the more than 500,000 Armenians," Melikyan added.
Asked what steps are necessary to guide the society in the right
direction, preventing the impact of the Azerbaijani propaganda, the
politician stressed the importance of efforts to bring the issue on
the international agenda.
"It is, unfortunately, about twenty years that the authorities of
neither Armenia nor Karabakh have been consistently dealing with the
issue," he said.
From: Baghdasarian
http://tert.am/en/news/2013/01/09/arman-meliklyan/
09.01.13
Imposing preconditions on Karabakh is a criminal approach by the
Azerbaijani authorities, says Arman Melikyan, a former foreign minister
of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
"Azerbaijan speaks of returning the deposits [of the Karabakh people],
but it puts forward numerous preconditions, with the demand for people
to declare themselves Azerbaijani citizens being the first. This is
a property issue, as a matter of fact, and has nothing to do with
Azerbaijan's good faith," the politician told Tert.am.
Melikyan explained that it does not absolutely matter whether the
Azerbaijanis will keep their promise. The important thing, according to
him, is what they are trying to propose to the Armenians of Karabakh,
the Azerbaijani-Armenian refugees and the world community.
"Azerbaijan will pay lost property damage to more than half a million
Armenians; it should also be held responsible for the financial means.
We just have to guide our people in the right direction, and that
has to be done continuously," he said, adding that both Armenia and
Karabakh have failed to work properly in that direction.
"People are actually forced to take inadequate steps, but Azerbaijan
has to think first of all of paying the property and financial damage
to the more than 500,000 Armenians," Melikyan added.
Asked what steps are necessary to guide the society in the right
direction, preventing the impact of the Azerbaijani propaganda, the
politician stressed the importance of efforts to bring the issue on
the international agenda.
"It is, unfortunately, about twenty years that the authorities of
neither Armenia nor Karabakh have been consistently dealing with the
issue," he said.
From: Baghdasarian