NO SETTLEMENT DOCUMENT WILL BE SIGNED WITHOUT NKR AGREEMENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.11.2006 17:50 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ At present a shift is noted for the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic to become party to the talks, Chair of Parliament
Standing Commission on Foreign Relations Armen Rustamyan stated at
a news conference in Yerevan. In his words, the issue is always on
the bargaining table. "There are no cases in international practice
when an interested party to the conflict does not take part in the
talks. As for statements that the NKR participated in the talks
before 1998, I should remind that at that time NKR President and
Shushi Administration Head Nizami Bakhmanov took part in the talks
and their participation was not equivalent. I hope that the OSCE MG
will not object to NKR involvement in direct talks with Azerbaijan
and will do their best to that end," Rustamyan underscored, adding
that no settlement document will be signed without NKR agreement.

At that head of the Parliament Commission noted that the referendum in
NKR, like those in other unrecognized republics of the former USSR, is
very important to the international community. "It is the will of the
people, which cannot be ignored. It is reflected in the Helsinki Final
Act of 1975. Returning to the principle of territorial integrity I will
remark that for observing it the USSR needs to be restored, as the
borders of all states, in whose territories conflicts are available,
were determined by administrative division of the USSR. Thus, if that
state does not exist, the borders become invalid," the MP said.