PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WILL BE USED BY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR EXERTING PRESSURE UPON RA AUTHORITIES IN ISSUE OF NAGORNO KARABAKH SETTLEMENT, ACNIS EXPERT IS SURE
Noyan Tapan
Feb 15 2007
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. "Increase of international
community’s attention to the forthcoming parliamentary elections
in Armenia is noticed today." Stepan Safarian, Head on Studies of
Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS),
declared this at the February 15 discussion organized by ACNIS.
In his words, there are three problems in the center of international
organizations’ statements addressed to the Armenian authorities,
as well as in the "messages" of high-ranking officials. These
are problems of Nagorno Karabakh peaceful settlement, future of
Armenian-Turkish relations and issues connected with Armenia’s
integration to Euroatlantic structures.
In the expert’s opinion, the goal of these messages is to find
out how much the Armenian authorities are ready for solution of
these problems. S. Safarian drew a special attention to repeated
statements of OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs, according to which 2007
elections in Armenia are not an obstacle for achieving settlement
of Nagorno Karabakh problem. As S. Safarian affirmed, the situation
formed around Nagorno Karabakh settlement today leads to a conclusion
that the forthcoming National Assembly elections will be used by
the international community as a lever of exerting pressure upon the
Armenian authorities for the purpose of achieving concession by them
in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict.