BAKU CALLED ARMENIA AGGRESSOR SO MANY TIMES, THAT BELIEVED IT

PanARMENIAN.Net
07.03.2006 23:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The format of peace talks over the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict has changed during the 7-8 years, Chair of External Relations
Commission of the National Assembly of Armenia in 1995-1999 Hovhannes
Igityan stated in a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In
his words, both subjective and objective factors were present in
this case. “In 1998 new President Robert Kocharian came to power and
the foreign policy of changed naturally. New authorities pursued the
policy of bilateral talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which suited
rather well to the opposing party. The methodology of the conflict
changed. Azerbaijan started calling Armenia as an aggressor country
exclusively. Azeris said it so many times, that they started believing
it even themselves,” Igityan underscored.

In his opinion, each new meeting of the two presidents and mediators
only legalized that new format. “The OSCE MG accepted those changes
with pleasure – there was one problem solved. However, it should not
be forgotten that signatures of Armenia, Azerbaijan and the NKR are
under the Bishkek agreement on cease-fire. As of the participation
of the so-called “Azeri community” of NK, lead by Nizami Bakhmanov,
in the talks, it is absurd at all. Nizami Bakhmanov is not a juridical
person and is not entitled to represent anyone,” Igityan said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress