OPINION OF ARMENIANS NGO PROPOSES RECOGNIZING NKR INDEPENDENCE IN LIBERATED TERRITORIES

Noyan Tapan
Mar 07 2006

YEREVAN, MARCH 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The Opinion of Armenians NGO
of support to democracy proposes and asks to recognize the NKR
independence in the liberated territories. In its statement the NGO
also proposes quartering permanent observers or peacekeepers on the
NKR-Azerbaijan contact-line until signing of a reconciliation agreement
by Azerbaijan. The organization presents his estimation and proposal
to CE, OSCE Minsk Group and leaders of regional countries for the
purpose of assisting NKR international recognition and establishment
of stable peace in the region. According to the statement authors,
the anti-Armenian propaganda in Azerbaijan, composing of a history
of their own, declaring a national hero and a man of the year the
Azerbaijani officer who have killed the Armenian officer in Budapest
with an axe and the appeals to kill Armenians confirm that the
Azerbaijani party isn’t preparing for a peaceful settlement of the
problem. The organization expresses an opinion that no Armenian refugee
will express willingness to return to Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijani
refugees mustn’t be returned to Armenia “as Turkey and Azerbaijan
reserve for themselves the right to render military assistance to
foreign Turks as it was done in Cyprus”.