From: MihranK@aol.com
Subject: The NK Conflict Won’t Be Settled in 2006
THE NK CONFLICT WON’T BE SETTLED IN 2006
Aravot.am
21 April 06
This is one of the affirmations in which the guests of `Mirror’ club,
the former Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanian and the current NA
deputy chairman Tigran Torosian were sure.
Has there been something before 1998 or the history of Armenian people
starts from that time when the defeaters with their `stage by stage’
version left and the fighters succeeded them who were promising to
settle the NK conflict by a quick package. Not only the conflict has
been settled during 8 years but according to Al. Arzumanian they
discuss the same `stage by stage’ version though Vahan Hovhannisian
calls it `package type consists of small packages’. The dispute round
Armenian history started between the guests when T. Torosian suggested
not sharing achievements `respecting the people who are in the focus
of the RA foundation. The achievements belong to all of us, mentioning
the terms.’ Accepting the suggestion A. Arzumanian noticed that there
was an impression after’98 that nothing happened in the Armenian
history except the adoption of Christianity, Genocide and changeover
of political powers in ’98.
As regards the final settlement of the NK conflict though T. Torosian
noticed that `the international community declares in last 1-2 years
that not only the right of territorial integrity must be principal but
the right of nations’ self-determination, too. But he wasn’t sure that
the positive intention will remain `till the moment when the
settlement is found’.
They also spoke about the most painful problem of the region, US-Iran
counteraction, which threatens to become a serious military
confrontation. o the question of `Lragir.am’ whether it is possible
that the NK conflict is settled together with the Iranian problem
Al. Arzumanian answered; `Such problems are often solved together with
others, because we and Azerbaijan are nothing in the global policy. If
the unsettled NK conflict prevents the settlement of important
geopolitical problems then it will be settled’. The former Foreign
Minister excludes military actions of Turkey towards the RA because
they don’t have any motivation in contrast with Azerbaijanis; `the
conflict isn’t settled for many years, it’s logical that they want to
take revenge’. `If it is possible to keep that status-quo another 50
years I’ll be for ,- A. Arzumanian declared,- but this situation don’t
give an opportunity to the RA to be developed and even has serious
influence on internal developments because a dictatorship is
established under pretence of stability’. Delaying the problem isn’t
profitable for Azerbaijan because a part of those territories aren’t
controlled by it but Azerbaijan develops more today, throwing us out
from regional projects. But we fight against other regional projects;
`Our Ministers declare, we won’t allow the Azerbaijan and Turkey to
open a railway. It is a terrorist declaration; let’s fight with the
object which is built in the territory of others.’ T. Torosian was
agreed that Turkey didn’t have any motivation for military actions
against the RA and he was also thinking that the war with Azerbaijan
was less possible. `Irrespective of the circumstance that this
situation isn’t profitable for Azerbaijan , I think that the
Azerbaijanis, especially the leadership have got used with the thought
that Karabakg won’t be the part of Azerbaijan . They’ll want to delay
for avoiding unpleasant settlement during their authority’. But he
didn’t agree that a dictatorship exists in Armenia . `Yes, there isn’t
complete democracy in Armenia , it’s obvious, there are a lot of
omissions which give a ground of such formulation but there is no
dictatorship.’
Melanya Barseghian