DRAFT OF PACE RESOLUTION ON KARABAKH DOES NOT PRESENT REAL ESSENCE OF
CONFLICT: ARMEN ROUSTAMYAN
YEREVAN, JANUARY 21. ARMINFO. PACE’s draft resolution on Nagorny
Karabakh in its present form is unacceptable for Armenian side, Armen
Roustamyan, Head of the commission on foreign affairs of Armenia’s
Parliament, member of ARF Dashnaktsutyun Supreme body, told ARMINFO.
According to him, this document does not present the real essence of
Karabakh conflict, but its transformed version, thus, cannot assist
relieving the tension of the situation around Karabakh conflict and
exclude the possibility to solve it by military operations. Quite the
contrary, such a document could have a counter effect and make the
situation more strained, taking into account the militarist spirit of
Azerbaijan in this issue, he said.
Roustamyan also stressed that the discussion of the document in PACE
has passed incorrectly as representatives of Nagorny Karabakh, which
is a party of the conflict, were absent during the discussion.
“These discussions and the document itself cannot be considered full
without the participation of representatives of Nagorny Karabakh”, the
parliament member said. Of course, the Armenian delegation will try
make its proposals and amendments when the discussion of the
document. The Armenian delegation elaborated 7 proposals to give the
document more objective nature. Roustamyan noted that he has little
optimistic disposition about possibility of accepting of proposals of
Armenian side as the most of European parliamentarians are not
acquainted with the real essence of Karabakh conflict and it would be
difficult for them to orientate correctly. Armenian parliamentarians
meet with their European colleagues only a few times in a year and it
is difficult to change entirely conception of that great structure
concerning one or another issue in that short time, Roustamyan stated.
To note, the draft resolution on Nagorny Karabakh will be discussed at
PACE session on January 25. -R-