DPA CHAIRMAN DOESN’T EXCLUDE THAT ARMENIAN PRESIDENT WILL HAVE TO
RESIGN IN CONNECTION WITH NAGORNO KARABAKH SETTLEMENT
YEREVAN, MARCH 9, NOYAN TAPAN. We can’t exlude such a situation when
Armenian President Robert Kocharian will have to think about
resignation for the purose of avoiding the compulsion of signing a
document on Nagorno Karabakh settlement not favorable for
Armenia. Such an opinion was expressed by Aram Sargsian, a member of
RA NA Ardarutiun (Justice) faction, Chairman of the Democratic Party
of Armenia (DPA), at the March 9 meeting at the National Press
Club. According to him, currently both Armenia and Azerbaijan are
exerted a strict pressure in connection with the quick settlement to
the Nagorno Karabakh problem. However, according to Sargsian, Armenia
constantly expresses readiness for one-sided concessions in the
process of settlement. Emphasizing the necessity to take active steps,
the MP touched upon his initiative aimed at the Armenian parliament’s
recognizing the fact of Karabakh’s coming out of Azerbaijan in a legal
way. According to Sargsian, this doesn’t mean recognition of Nagorno
Karabakh as an independent state and at the same time creates an
opportunity for presenting Nagorno Karabakh as a subject in the
negotiations process. Sargsian mentioned that the possibility of
quartering international peacekeers, which is not litigated by
Armenia, can bring to developments, more complicated than the Kosovo
ones, in the region. Answering journalists’ questions, Aram Sargsian
didn’t exclude the impact of possible sanctions against Iran on the
Karabakh settlement. According to him, the decision to be made in the
issue of Iran will condition the rest of the actions in the region. In
Aram Sargsian’s opinion, a possible application of sanctions against
Iran will be a very dangerous step as in difference to Iraq, Iran is
much more organized and powerful state. As he estimated, China, which
is making its relations with Iran closer, can play a very important
role in this issue. According to DPA Chairman, Armenia can have no
impact on these possible regional developments. Meanwhile he mentioned
that Armenia’s good-neighborly relations with Iran don’t give rise to
the West’s complaint as everybody understands that Armenia in no case
can spoil its relations with this country.