DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Dec 1 2006

NO SETTLEMENT DOCUMENT WILL BE SIGNED WITHOUT NAGORNO-KARABAKH’S
AGREEMENT

Now a shift is noted for the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to become a
party of the Karabakh talks, RA Parliament Standing Commission on
Foreign Relations Chair Armen Rustamian stated in the course of a
press a conference in Yerevan.
In his words, the issue has always been on the negotiating table.
`There are no cases in the world practice when an interested party of
the conflict does not participate in the talks. I hope the OSCE MG
will not object to NKR’s involvement in direct talks with Azerbaijan
and will do its best to that end”, Rustamyan underscored, adding
that no settlement document will be signed without NKR’s agreement.
The Parliament Commission Head noted the referendum in NKR, like
those held in the former USSR’s unrecognized republics, was very
important for the international community. `’It is people’s will,
which cannot be ignored. Returning to the territorial integrity’s
principle I will remark that for observing it the USSR needs to be
restored, as the borders of all states, on the territories of which
conflicts are available, were determined by the USSR’s administrative
division. Thus, if the state does not exist, the borders become
invalid”, Armen Rustamian said, PanARMENIAN.Net reports.