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ARMENIA MUST WALK OUT OF NEGOTIATIONS, SITUATION OUT OF MINSK GROUP'S CONTROL - NAREK GALSTYAN
16:57 * 13.01.15
Armenia must walk out of the negotiations within the OSCE Minsk
Group to be able to draw the international community's attention to
the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, Narek Galstyan, Chairman of the Social
Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP), told Tert.am.
"It is clear that the OSCE Minsk Group has lost control of the
situation. The August events, downing of the helicopter and the acts
of sabotage this January, when we lost four human lives, show that
the negotiation process has expired. I think the OSCE Minsk Group
should reconsider the process. The only thing that can make it is
Armenia's walking out of the negotiations for a certain period and
demanding that the co-chairing states exert pressure on official Baku,"
Mr Galstyan said.
"Since each soldier's life is of great value to the Armenian people,
Armenia must walk out of the negotiations and thus urge the Minsk
Group to take actions."
As to whether the SDHP sees a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
problem within another international structure or proposes secession
from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), with later
re-accession, Mr Galstyan said:
"Launching negotiations within another structure is risky because we
should understand whether such a structure would be acceptable to
Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Legally, Artsakh must be involved in
the negotiations, which was the case in the past. But the problem is
that one more demand must be presented to OSCE Minsk Group. At this
moment the Minsk Group is not carrying out the mission it pledged to
carry out - a peace process. They either cannot or do not want press
official Baku into putting an end to border tension. By continuing
the negotiations we legalize such activities."
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/13/narek-galstyan/1557797
From: Baghdasarian
16:57 * 13.01.15
Armenia must walk out of the negotiations within the OSCE Minsk
Group to be able to draw the international community's attention to
the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, Narek Galstyan, Chairman of the Social
Democrat Hunchakian Party (SDHP), told Tert.am.
"It is clear that the OSCE Minsk Group has lost control of the
situation. The August events, downing of the helicopter and the acts
of sabotage this January, when we lost four human lives, show that
the negotiation process has expired. I think the OSCE Minsk Group
should reconsider the process. The only thing that can make it is
Armenia's walking out of the negotiations for a certain period and
demanding that the co-chairing states exert pressure on official Baku,"
Mr Galstyan said.
"Since each soldier's life is of great value to the Armenian people,
Armenia must walk out of the negotiations and thus urge the Minsk
Group to take actions."
As to whether the SDHP sees a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
problem within another international structure or proposes secession
from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), with later
re-accession, Mr Galstyan said:
"Launching negotiations within another structure is risky because we
should understand whether such a structure would be acceptable to
Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Legally, Artsakh must be involved in
the negotiations, which was the case in the past. But the problem is
that one more demand must be presented to OSCE Minsk Group. At this
moment the Minsk Group is not carrying out the mission it pledged to
carry out - a peace process. They either cannot or do not want press
official Baku into putting an end to border tension. By continuing
the negotiations we legalize such activities."
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/13/narek-galstyan/1557797
From: Baghdasarian