ALEXANDER ISKANDARYAN: RESTORATION OF SHUSHI MORE IMPORTANT THAN BUCHAREST TALKS

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.06.2006 13:20 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ I am not apt to consider that conflicts can be
settled via normalization of economic cooperation. Nothing can be
settled by money only, Director of the Caucasus Media Institute (CMI),
political scientist Alexander Iskandaryan stated in an interview with
PanARMENIAN.Net. In his words, this doesn’t mean that economy should
not be taken into account. “If funds flow to the conflict region
the sides may spend them on weapons. This way has no prospects,”
he considers.

Alexander Iskandaryan noted that as regards the Nagorno Karabakh
problem the society should be interested in other issues as well. “In
other words, people should decide what is more important: the
Bucharest talks or restoration of Shushi. Certainly, the restoration
of Shushi is. I would add that juridical settlement of conflicts is
counterproductive. Let us take Taiwan for example.

They do not shout or press for recognition. They do not demand
independence but live and form their state.

We should determine what is more important: independence or state
building. In my opinion, state building is more important, since
it includes political mechanisms, formation of institutes of a
civic society, democracy building and many other aspects,” the CMI
Director said.