Karabakh problem cannot be solved without Karabakh partifipation

Pan Armenian News
21.04.2005 04:38

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ «I have always stated that the Karabakh problem
cannot be solved without the participation of Nagorno Karabakh,»
President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arkady Ghukasian stated
at a briefing today. «My stand is: if Azerbaijan comes against
NK participation in the conflict settlement, it means Baku is not
interested in solving it,» he added. Speaking of compromises,
Mr. Ghukasian noted one should not confuse concessions with mutual
concessions. Mutual concessions provide for compromises by Armenia,
Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. However, as Azerbaijan is not going
to make concessions, speaking of compromises is meaningless. «I
do not think Azerbaijan has nothing to yield. It is necessary to
persuade it that it has something to yield and it has to resort to
that step. Baku considers that the international community should
present Nagorno Karabakh to it on a platter. It is not frivolous,»
the NKR President accentuated. In his words, the security of Nagorno
Karabakh is first of all the determination of its status. The question
of security cannot be solved without the solution of the issue of the
status. «We have stated many times we come for the package option
of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. All issues should
be solved simultaneously,» he said. «Today Azerbaijan speaks of
restoration of the status quo of 1988, however it is senseless,
as the USSR does not exist any more,» Arkady Ghukasian summed up.

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