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KOCHARYAN: KARABAKH'S REUNIFICATION WITH ARMENIA "ULTIMATE GOAL"
KARABAKH | 10.06.14 | 10:36
Kocharyan views Karabakh as integral part of Armenia, aide says
Former President Robert Kocharyan, through a spokesman, on Monday
reacted strongly to remarks made by Armenia's deputy foreign minister,
who accused him of "playing into the hands" of Azerbaijan by his
statements on Karabakh. The former leader essentially called the
official, Shavarsh Kocharyan, a flip-flopper "who wants to condemn to
oblivion the ultimate aim of the 1988 popular movement for Karabakh's
reunification with Armenia", RFE/RL's Armenian Service reported.
Last week, reacting to President Serzh Sargsyan's statement made in
the context of Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union that
Karabakh is legally not part of Armenia, Kocharyan, on the contrary,
described Karabakh as "an integral part of Armenia".
Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan, meanwhile, dismissed those
remarks by the ex-president, saying that they could give Azerbaijan
more grounds for presenting Karabakh as an "Armenian-occupied
territory" and for denying the Karabakh Armenians the right to
self-determination.
In a written statement to RFE/RL's Armenian Service Robert Kocharyan's
spokesperson Victor Soghomonyan said: "As president of both the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Armenia, Robert Kocharyan repeatedly
stated that the ultimate aim of the Karabakh settlement is the
reunification of the two Armenian states... He who forgets this
aim deludes himself and the people and jeopardizes Karabakh. The
real extent of the NKR's integration with Armenia is now close to
the confederate model, and we have complete integration in terms
of security."
http://armenianow.com/karabakh/55071/armenia_robert_shavarsh_kocharyan_karabakh
From: A. Papazian
KARABAKH | 10.06.14 | 10:36
Kocharyan views Karabakh as integral part of Armenia, aide says
Former President Robert Kocharyan, through a spokesman, on Monday
reacted strongly to remarks made by Armenia's deputy foreign minister,
who accused him of "playing into the hands" of Azerbaijan by his
statements on Karabakh. The former leader essentially called the
official, Shavarsh Kocharyan, a flip-flopper "who wants to condemn to
oblivion the ultimate aim of the 1988 popular movement for Karabakh's
reunification with Armenia", RFE/RL's Armenian Service reported.
Last week, reacting to President Serzh Sargsyan's statement made in
the context of Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union that
Karabakh is legally not part of Armenia, Kocharyan, on the contrary,
described Karabakh as "an integral part of Armenia".
Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan, meanwhile, dismissed those
remarks by the ex-president, saying that they could give Azerbaijan
more grounds for presenting Karabakh as an "Armenian-occupied
territory" and for denying the Karabakh Armenians the right to
self-determination.
In a written statement to RFE/RL's Armenian Service Robert Kocharyan's
spokesperson Victor Soghomonyan said: "As president of both the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Armenia, Robert Kocharyan repeatedly
stated that the ultimate aim of the Karabakh settlement is the
reunification of the two Armenian states... He who forgets this
aim deludes himself and the people and jeopardizes Karabakh. The
real extent of the NKR's integration with Armenia is now close to
the confederate model, and we have complete integration in terms
of security."
http://armenianow.com/karabakh/55071/armenia_robert_shavarsh_kocharyan_karabakh
From: A. Papazian