MHER SHAHJELDIAN: VERY DIFFICULT PERIOD IN KARABAKH PROBLEM STARTS FOR ARMENIA

YEREVAN, November 20 (Noyan Tapan). During the recent session of
the MATO Parliamentary Assembly in Venice the report on the South
Caucasus was discussed. The RA NA deputies Mher Shahgeldian and Alexan
Karapetian who had participated in the session informed reporters about
this at the November 19 press conference. According to M. Shahgeldian,
the issue of opening Armenia’s borders with Turkey was also raised
during the NATO PA Political Committee session. The issue may become
a subject of discussion at a plenary session in the future. When
answering the reporters’ questions, M. Shahgeldian noted that in
the report at the NATO PA session the Nagorno Karabakh problem was
given as much attention as to other regional problems, and the matter
concerned only an informational report. At the same time the deputy
considered as worrying the fact that Azerbaijan’s efforts aimed at
discussing the Karabakh problem in various international organizations
have been crowned with success. He underlined that a difficult period
starts for Armenia in terms of the Karabakh problem.