PanArmenian News
Feb 26 2005

KOCHARIAN: TALKS ON KARABAKH ACTIVATE AND THERE IS SLIGHT HOPE FOR
EFFECT

26.02.2005 12:54

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ At present the negotiation process over Nagorno
Karabakh has activated and there is a slight hope for an effect,
Armenian President Robert Kocharian stated in an interview with the
Golos Armenii newspaper. At the same time R. Kocharian noted that
“there is no practical solution of the Nagorno Karabakh problem yet,
the talk will concern the stalemate in the negotiation process.” “The
world experience shows that such conflicts do not solve soon,” the
Armenian President considers. Touching upon the issue of
participation of Nagorno Karabakh in the talks R. Kocharian said that
NKR participation in the negotiations is taken incorrectly. “The
negotiation process is much wider than the meetings of the Armenian
and Azeri Presidents. These implies OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs’
systematic visits to the region, their meetings with Nagorno Karabakh
leaders,” he noted. “At the meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and
Azerbaijan I represent the interests of Nagorno Karabakh as well,”
the Armenian leader noted. At that R. Kocharian added that he will
also work for involvement of Nagorno Karabakh into the format of
those meeting. “I think we will succeed in it. More active
involvement of the NKR into the process will undoubtedly increase the
settlement chances,” the President noted. At the same time R.
Kocharian stated with regret that “Armenian-phobia in Azerbaijan is
state policy.” Speaking of the preservation of the military and
economic parity with Azerbaijan, the President noted that the
economic potential in the contemporary world is determined “not by
the barrels of oil produced, by effective economy and Armenia
undoubtedly surpasses Azerbaijan here.”

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress