RA PRESIDENT IS NOT COMPETENT TO SIGN ANY DOCUMENT ON BEHALF OF NKR,
IN DEFENCE OF NKR STEERING COMMITTEE DECLARES

YEREVAN, JULY 13, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. RA President Robert
Kocharian is not competent to sign any agreement or contract on behalf
of the NKR not recognized by Armenia yet or not having joined it de
jure. The July 13 statement of the In Defence of NKR steering committee
read. The document authors also mention that by the 1992 decision
of RA Supreme Council no Armenian official has the right to sign a
document where Nagorno Karabakh is mentioned as part of Azerbaijan.

"Both the OSCE MG July 3 statement and the proposals reveal the
tendency to politicize the problem and open neglect of history,
international law and regional facts. The legality of Nagorno Karabakh
formation and Baku’s aggressive territorial claims are disregarded,"
the statement read.

In Defence of NKR steering committee expresses its disagreement with
the methods adopted by the OSCE Minsk Group in the issue of Nagorno
Karabakh settlement, condemns the Armenian diplomatic services’
activity, "because of the incapacity of which the essence of the
conflict was distorted" and demands that the Budapest summit format
be restored, according to which NKR will be a side of the negotiations
enjoying full rights.