NEW REFERENDUM SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION NEW REALITIES
Lragir.am
20 May 06
This opinion was expressed by the representatives of two major
political parties in Karabakh, considering the idea of a new
referendum for KarabakhOpen.
The OSCE Secretary General had spoken about the opportunity of the
people of Karabakh to express their will during his visit to Yerevan.
Gagik Petrosyan, Azat Hayrenik Party, said a referendum was held in
the Autonomous Region of Nagorno Karabakh and the region of Shahumyan
on December 10, 1991. `If another referendum is held, taking into
consideration the new realities, and if the results of this referendum
is recognized by the international community and Azerbaijan, we think
it would be useful,=80=9D said Gagik Petrosyan.
Arthur Mosiyan, Armenian Revolutionary Federation, thinks that the
referendum would have sense if the liberated areas were also
involved. `Although the question of territories must not necessarily
be solved in a referendum. We have called the parliament for
recognizing the dominance of NKR over these areas. After 1991 and the
war imposed on us the realities changed, and every step that is taken
must take into consideration the new realities.’