CONFLICT SETTLEMENT AND STATE BUILDING
Azat Artsakh – Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR)
10 March 05
On March 5 the political party â~@~Movement 88â~@~] conducted
a round-table meeting at the City Hall of Stepanakert on the topic
â~@~Settlement of Karabakh Conflict and State Building: Problems
and Relationsâ~@~]. At the meeting the political forces of Karabakh,
representatives of the authorities and experts were present. By this
kind of undertaking â~@~Movement 88â~@~] aimed to promote the
political settlement of the Karabakh issue and effective participation
of the public in the solution of urgent problems of state building in
Artsakh. The leader of the political party â~@~Movement 88â~@~]
Edward Aghabekian mentioned that the public has the right to take
part in the discussion and solution of problems of people living
in the country, and on the political stage of Karabakh there is an
urgent need for such discussions. Commending these discussions in
the political life of Armenia, the vice chairman of â~@~Movement
88â~@~] Gegham Baghdassarian gave some information on the first
round-table meeting held in Yerevan in the month of February to
which experts from Karabakh were invited too; at the meeting it was
arranged to organize a round-table meeting of the political forces
of Armenia and Karabakh in Stepanakert. Touching upon the current
problems discussed at the meeting Gegham Baghdassarian pointed out
the importance of the problem of devising an operating model of
interrelations in the Diaspora. According to him, the Diaspora pays
serious attention to the policy of the genocide only, whereas it would
be preferable if the Diaspora was interested in the problem of Karabakh
as seriously. According to Member of Parliament Maxim Mirzoyan,
Karabakh adopted two historical documents: the document on unification
with Armenian in February 1988 and the Declaration of Independence in
September 1991. According to him, the adoption of those two documents
was from the legal aspect correct and pertinent. â~@~The problem
is that we ourselves must recognize our independence and only then
the Diaspora. It was our lot to build an independent state with all
its attributes,â~@~] said the member of the National Assembly. The
chairman of the NA committee of foreign relations Vahram Atanessian
commented on the topic of the meeting in reference to Karabakh having
been left out of the negotiation process. Giving facts on the typical
features of the stages of settlement of the Karabakh conflict, Vahram
Atanessian emphasized that the principles of Paris meetings between
Kocharian and Aliev have been circulated since 2001, whereas the
public is not acquainted with the details of the meeting of the two
presidents. â~@~We must find out what status the Armenian diplomacy
considers as preferable for Karabakh, and whether the option acceptable
for Armenia is acceptable for Karabakh as well,â~@~] said the head
of the committee of foreign relations. According to the co-chairman
of the political party â~@~Azat Hayrenikâ~@~] Artur Tovmassian,
presently Baku is much more interested in the construction of the oil
pipeline Baku â~@~S Geihan than in the settlement of the Karabakh
conflict. Aliev Junior is convinced that foreign investors will
invest money only in stable regions, in other words, the resumption
of military actions in Karabakh by Azerbaijan is excluded because
economic growth is the problem N 1 in Azerbaijan. Member of Parliament
Vahram Balayan stressed the idea that a country which won the war
does not have the right to beg. â~@~From the very beginning we
had assumed a yielding position, whereas Azerbaijan demands,â~@~]
he mentioned adding that the international community had from the
very beginning given a chance to Karabakh to do its first steps in
diplomacy. The proof to this is the signature of the Karabakh party on
the document of armistice. As the leader of the National Democratic
Party Murad Petrossian characterized it, national interests underlie
the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. Naturally, it should be
found out what interests the super powers pursue. The co-chairman of
the political party â~@~Azat Hayrenikâ~@~] Rudik Hiusnunts thinks,
it is necessary for the political forces to unite and have a common
standpoint. â~@~The problem of Karabakh is the problem of all the
Armenians but it must be solved in Karabakh. This means that there is
need for continuity of similar meetings of political forces,â~@~]
said R. Hiusnunts. The meeting was concluded by the assertion that
similar meetings should be organized more frequently.
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