Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
April 12 2005

`Armenia ready to accept compromises voluntarily’ – President Kocharian

Armenia has never denied the possibility of settlement of the Upper
Garabagh conflict exclusively based on mutual compromises, Armenian
President Robert Kocharian said in his speech at the Yerevan State
University last week.
`The Armenian side’s compromises directly depend on the domestic
policy and economic stability of Armenia as well as on the
international community’s position.’
Commenting on public opinions, which say that international
organizations, including the countries co-chairing the OSCE Minsk
Group make the conflicting sides go to compromises, Kocharian said:
`No one makes anybody do anything. On the contrary, mediators have
unequivocally stated that they will use all political and economic
resources to assist the conflicting sides in solving the conflict.
Armenia is ready to go to compromises voluntarily.’
The Armenian president noted that the measures taken to achieve peace
in Balkans are unacceptable for solution to the Upper Garabagh
conflict, recalling that this mechanism was implemented during
military operations in Balkans to end humanitarian crisis.
`The situation in Garabagh is quite different and there has been
peace and development here for 10 years,’ said Kocharian.*