Independence starting point for Karabakh settlement – speaker Ashot Gulyan

Arminfo, Yerevan
21 Apr 06

Stepanakert, 21 April: For the people and authorities of the Nagornyy
Karabakh republic [NKR], the results of the referendum are a starting
point in solving the Karabakh problem. According to the referendum,
the Armenians of Artsakh [Karabakh] said “yes” to independence and
accepted the establishment of an independent state as their strategy,
the speaker of the Karabakh parliament, Ashot Gulyan, said during
parliamentary hearings on prospects of solving the Karabakh problem
in Stepanakert today.

Welcoming participants in the hearings, Gulyan pointed out that
Artsakh has always been and will be in the centre of the attention of
the world’s Armenians. At the same time, he noted the importance of
defining the positions and opinions of groups, factions and political
forces of the NKR regarding the Karabakh settlement and possible
developments in the context of the Karabakh problem.

Gulyan said that the hearings will become an important prerequisite
for organizing such discussions on the key issues of settling the
Karabakh conflict in the future. Of course, the activities of the
entire political system, including the NKR National Assembly, are
aimed at achieving this goal, Gulyan said.