THERE MIGHT BE PROGRESS IN KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTELEMENT BY 2007

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[03:09 pm] 19 October, 2006

"I don’t understand what the Republicans mean by saying that the
Karabakh conflict settlement will be frozen by 2010. I assume that
there might be progress in the conflict regulation by 2007," announced
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan in club "Pastark" today. He doesn’t exclude
that the progress might be perceived after the meeting of Armenian
and Azeri Foreign Ministers scheduled on October 24 in Paris.

Hovhannes Hovhannisyan is concerned about the fact that the compromise
in the Karabakh issue can be unilateral – only by the Armenian
side. He claims that the conflict can be regulated in the realm of
the regional global issues. While speaking of the regional issues
and Russian-Georgian relations, Mr. Hovhannisyan said, "RA Foreign
Ministry doesn’t possess the flexibility required for small countries
like Armenia.

Today our authorities cannot make independent decisions. There is no
need to deceive us by Russian criminal money spent on the construction
of a few buildings in Yerevan. Armenian-Russian relations are based
on fair elections."

Hovhannes Hovhannisyan is convinced that if the forthcoming elections
are fabricated, the next generation will have to struggle for the RA
independence again.

By the way, asked the question whether their party doesn’t intend to
join Raffi Hovannisian-Vazgen Manoukyan alliance, Mr. Hovhannisyan
answered, "I don’t exclude anything. I can say one thing definitely;
they postpone their announcement as they cannot find a hall. The
people entitled to give halls criticize the present authorities but
say that in case they give a hall, their children will be deprived
of their daily bread," said Hovhannes Hovhannisyan.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress