Armenian MP in favour of freezing Karabakh talks for 20 years

Armenian MP in favour of freezing Karabakh talks for 20 years

Arminfo
19 Apr 05

Yerevan, 19 April: In the light of Azerbaijan’s militaristic
statements, Armenia should freeze the process of settling the Nagornyy
Karabakh conflict for some 20 years, the leader of the National
Democratic Union, MP Vazgen Manukyan, told journalists today.

He said that any conflict is settled by give and take, but it is not
clear how a defence minister could be talking about concessions in the
light of the militaristic statements constantly aired in Baku. Given
such conditions, Armenia should freeze the process of settling
the conflict for some 20 years and deal, in the meantime, with the
processes of integration and the problems of refugees, Manukyan said.

He described Armenian Defence Minister Serzh Sarkisyan’s address to
the recent parliamentary hearings as “an election speech dictated by
his desire to gain the West’s favour.”