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    Careful reading would eliminate many disputed questions - Armenian
    political analyst on Zori Balayan's letter to Putin

    10:17 ¢ 19.10.13


    On October 18, 2013, on behalf of the Chairman of Political Science
    Association of Armenia Hayk Kotanjian the text of the Statement has
    been delivered to the Ambassador of the Russian Federation Ivan
    Volinkin, US Ambassador H.E. John Heffern and the French Ambassador
    H.E. Henri Reynaud.

    The Open Letter of the famous political writer, and USSR MP of
    Perestroika times - Zori Balayan to the Russian President Vladimir
    Putin draw a wide public response in the RA and NKR. The
    representatives from the public and political circles of the two
    Armenian Republics expressed different, sometimes diametrically
    opposite opinions and assessments of the statements and points in the
    Open Letter. Political Science Association of Armenia considers it its
    duty to make some observations.

    Following the free and law-governed self-determination, the freedom of
    thought and speech are proclaimed to be fundamental values in the
    Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh. A similar achievement
    is the respect of citizens' rights and dignity that is guaranteed by
    the Constitutions of the RA and NKR. Thus, the respect of Mr.
    Balayan's right to express his opinion and make assessments cannot be
    doubted. Showing openness and tenacity when discussing political
    problems with representatives of other states, including our notorious
    opponents, we cannot manifest different attitude to our fellow
    citizens, especially to those, who were at the forefront of the
    National Liberation Movement and brought a significant contribution to
    the creation and formation of an independent Armenian state.

    As a Member of the Parliament of the USSR Zori Balayan was one of the
    leaders of the Armenian delegation to the USSR Supreme Soviet, the
    National Council of Nagorno Ğ?arabakh and the organizers of the Nagorno
    Karabakh Government-in-exile (in Moscow).

    It should be noted, that the basis of a number of critical comments to
    the letter is the `linear' (simplified) perception of the nonlinear
    nature of political processes. It seems that the more careful reading
    of the letter would eliminate many questions that have appeared in the
    course of the said dispute.

    I would like also to pay attention to the political orientation of
    Zori Balayan's address. Behind the systemic political and historical
    survey, a key theme of which is the non-repetition of tragic mistakes
    in respect of the Armenian people, the concerns of the author stand
    out for the perspectives of the Karabakh conflict's just resolution
    within the framework of the Minsk process, including the political and
    legal, and territorial configuration of the independent Artsakh State.
    You may disagree with some points and conclusions, but we cannot
    ignore the author's main idea that ensuring security and development
    of the NKR within Artsakh's historical borders has no alternative.

    The letter's author presents for the consideration of the Head of the
    Russian state - Co-chair of the Minsk group - the problem of the
    academically grounded evaluation of facts for the objective definition
    of the frames of compromises, including the Armenian-populated
    Nakhijevan Autonomous Soviet Republic that was subject to ethnic
    cleansing during the Soviet period.

    The letter of Zori Balayan aims to provide for the Head of the Russian
    state a systemic presentation of the valid political history of
    Transcaucasia in terms of scientifically verifiable facts bolstered
    with sources recognized by the international scientific community.

    The letter addressed to the head of the Russian state in some sense
    includes also an appeal to the two other Co-chairs - the US and France
    - expressing concern about the danger of the penetration into the
    sphere of the assessment development and decision-making on the
    Karabakh conflict of anti-scientific products of the systematic
    distortion of the real history, lavishly paid by the hereditary
    corrupt dictatorial regime of Azerbaijan.

    Political Science Association of Armenia - taking into account the
    importance and openness of the assessments and suggestions for the
    Karabakh conflict resolution in the letter of Zori Balayan aimed at
    the establishment of durable peace in the South Caucasus - has an
    honor to send this Statement and the Open Letter to the Embassies of
    the Minsk Group Co-Chair states in the Republic of Armenia for its
    delivery to the Honorable President of the Russian Federation Mr.
    Vladimir Putin, Honorable President of the United States Mr. Barack
    Obama and Honorable President of the French Republic Mr. François
    Hollande with a request to look through the assessments and
    suggestions of the Open Letter's author and take them into
    consideration during the development of relevant decisions.

    Hayk Kotanjian, Doctor of Political Science
    Chairman, Political Science Association of Armenia


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