TO CEDE TERRITORY MEANS TO BETRAY
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24-02-2005
Today `Defense of liberated territories’ public initiative spread a
statement regarding Armenian Defense Minister’s interview with Yerkir
Online.
`Recent interview given by Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan was
resembled a speech of the person who is going to assume the power in
the country. However it lacked demonstrative self-confidence and
contained anxiety and cautiousness. Probably it was caused by the
outside pressure directed first of all to the liberated territories of
Karabakh.
The Defense Minister reiterates that these lands appear as a security
zone and will be returned sooner or later and does not demand either
`a wider corridor ‘ or `common border’ as additional
concessions. Besides, he plans to guard the `vulnerable’ borders with
the help of peacekeepers, thus confirming his readiness for
concessions.
`Defense of liberated territories’ public initiative considers the
statements on possible territorial concessions as betrayal, especially
if they are made by the Defense Minister. The involvement of foreign
armed forces in the Armenian-Azeri relations and dislocation of bases
jeopardizing security of the neighbor states at the bank of River
Araks are also inadmissible.
”We reiterate that in the minds of the Armenian people the Karabakh
problem cannot receive international solution while only the power
enjoying the nation’s support can resist anti-Armenian proposals on
the conflict settlement”, the statement says.