CONCESSIONS CANNOT BE ONE-SIDED, NKR PRESIDENT SAYS

STEPANAKERT, APRIL 20, NOYAN TAPAN. It is impossible to solve any issue
without NKR and everybody understands this. The more NKR takes part
in the negotiations process the more efficient these negotiations
will be”. NKR President Arkadi Ghukasian declared this on April
19. Meanwhile he said that the Karabakh party’s participation in
the negotiations does not depend on NKR. Touching upon the issue
of concessions, NKR President said that “they should be spoken
about at the negotiations table”. But, according to A.Ghukasian,
NKR’s concessions depend on those of Azerbaijan. “There will not be
one-sided concessions. We are ready for concessions and this means
concessions on both sides,” he emphasized. In connection with possible
holding of a new referendum on Nagorno Karabakh’s self-determination
A.Ghukasian said that NKR has established its self-determination
long ago. According to him, Karabakh has held a referendum but the
world did not recognize the results of this referendum. “If today
we have an opportunity for the world and Azerbaijan to recognize the
referendum results, I think that this is a subject for discussion,”
NKR President said.