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NKR PM: ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN DEAL ON KARABAKH UNLIKELY
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/03/29/nkr-pm-armenia-azerbaijan-deal-on-karabakh-unlikely/
09:37 29.03.2013
Azerbaijan and Armenia are unlikely to reach a deal this year over
Nagorno-Karabakh and there is a risk of the region sliding towards
a war, NKR prime minister Arayik Haroutiounian said.
"If we manage to end the year peacefully then that will be
constructive, but in terms of concrete accords to resolve the conflict,
I'm not optimistic for this year," Arayik Haroutiounian told Reuters
in Paris during a visit to meet Franco-Armenian investors.
"Neither Karabakh nor Azerbaijan would benefit from a war as I don't
think either country would win outright, but we can't rule it out,"
Haroutiounian said.
While he said that Nagorno-Karabakh would not strike first, his
administration had, like Azerbaijan, steadily increased arms imports
to ensure it could defend itself.
"I think that a new war would lead to a huge humanitarian crisis and
be extremely bloody," he said.
"The losses would be much greater than before - hundreds of thousands
killed and injured - because of the arms race of the last few years."
Haroutiounian, who fought in the 1991-1994 conflict, said that for
the moment public opinion in Azerbaijan and Armenia was not ready
for a compromise, making it much harder for their leaders to accept
any settlement.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/03/29/nkr-pm-armenia-azerbaijan-deal-on-karabakh-unlikely/
09:37 29.03.2013
Azerbaijan and Armenia are unlikely to reach a deal this year over
Nagorno-Karabakh and there is a risk of the region sliding towards
a war, NKR prime minister Arayik Haroutiounian said.
"If we manage to end the year peacefully then that will be
constructive, but in terms of concrete accords to resolve the conflict,
I'm not optimistic for this year," Arayik Haroutiounian told Reuters
in Paris during a visit to meet Franco-Armenian investors.
"Neither Karabakh nor Azerbaijan would benefit from a war as I don't
think either country would win outright, but we can't rule it out,"
Haroutiounian said.
While he said that Nagorno-Karabakh would not strike first, his
administration had, like Azerbaijan, steadily increased arms imports
to ensure it could defend itself.
"I think that a new war would lead to a huge humanitarian crisis and
be extremely bloody," he said.
"The losses would be much greater than before - hundreds of thousands
killed and injured - because of the arms race of the last few years."
Haroutiounian, who fought in the 1991-1994 conflict, said that for
the moment public opinion in Azerbaijan and Armenia was not ready
for a compromise, making it much harder for their leaders to accept
any settlement.