THE WASHINGTON POST PUBLISHED THE LETTER OF THE KARABAKH REPRESENTATIVE IN THE USA

YEREVAN, MARCH 28. ARMINFO. Yesterday the Washington Post published
the letter of the Nagorno- Karabakh representative in the USA Vardan
Barsegian, addressed to the newspaper editor as a response to the
‘The Shadow Empire of Russia’ article published on March 11.

The Nagorno-Karabakh representation informs that the article concerned
the ‘frozen’ conflicts on the territory of the former USSR. The
letter notes that the Karabakh conflict has not been settled yet
as Azerbaijan is still unwilling to recognized the democratically
adopted independence of Karabakh. Mr. Barsegian states that Karabakh
has never belonged to the Republic of Azerbaijan and it is undoubtedly
rightful to fight for its freedom.

The Karabakh representative criticizes the authors of the article for
praising Azerbaijan’s ‘willingness to cooperate for the settlement
of the conflict’. He wondered if the willingness is expressed
in militaristic and threatening statements by President Ilham
Aliev. Mr. Barsegian in his letter pressed that the world society
must support the movement of the Armenians of Karabakh and reprove
Azerbaijan for its intentions to unleash a new war.

The matter is that the authors of the article – ex-Foreign Minister
of Spain Anna Palacio and Marshall Fund Consultant Daniel Twining,
claimed that the West can approve an agreement by which Armenia would
surrender Azerbaijan the ‘occupied’ regions.