HOVHANNES HOVHANNISIAN: “ARMENIA CONSTANTLY HAS REGRESS IN KARABAKH
SETTLEMENT”

YEREVAN, August 23 (Noyan Tapan). “In the issue of Karabakh settlement
Armenia is subject to serious pressures, which are rather active and
strong. Declaring this at the August 21 press conference Hovhannes
Hovhannisian, the Chairman of the Liberal Progressive Party of
Armenia, mentioned that Armenia constantly has regress in this
issue. H.Hovhannisian mentioned that during the recent visit to Baku
Mohammad Khatami, the President of Iran, declared in the parliament of
Azerbaijan that Iran protects Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and
sees the solution of Karabakh problem in this context. And Igor
Lavrov, the RF Foreign Minister, made an analogous statement during
the visit of Elmar Mamediarov, his Azeri counterpart, to Moscow. “So,
our two strategic partners more or less supporting us in the Karabakh
issue in the previous month expressed their final viewpoints to us,
according to which they see the solution of the issue in the context
of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, H.Hovhannisian mentioned.
According to the head of the Liberal Progressive Party of Armenia,
Armenia has nothing to oppose to the pressures exerted upon it for the
purpose of solving the Karabakh problem in favor of itself. “Armenia
could undertake the way of democratization, become a democratic
country, which would be estimated by the international community and
the Karabakh problem would be solved in favor of Armenia, but Armenia
didn’t undertake this way,” he concluded.