VAZGEN MANUKYAN: NKR WILL NEVER AGREE TO BE PART OF AZERBAIJAN

ArmRadio.am
20.02.2007 14:36

"There is no real progress in the continuing negotiations on the
Karabakh conflict settlement. It is associated with the existence of
other objective factors rather than the mistakes and uncertainty of
the negotiators," President of the "National-Democratic Union" Party,
MP Vazgen Manukyan told ArmInfo correspondent.

In his words, these objective factors are as follows: on one hand
it is the position of Azerbaijan to defend the inviolability of its
borders, and refusal to yield even a handful of "its" land. On the
other hand is Nagorno Karabakh, which proved its independence on
the field of war. 15 Years have already passed, a new generation has
grown up, which is used to independence. This generation simply does
not imagine that it is possible to sign a document, in the result
of which Nagorno Karabakh will lose its independence and will again
belong to Azerbaijan," said Vazgen Manukyan.

He underlined that the participants of the negotiation process will
speak much, but no real step directed at the settlement of the conflict
will follow. " I do not believe in the success of the negotiations
in the near future. It does not mean I do not want it, I simply do
not believe and I see no perspectives. I repeat that Azerbaijan will
never agree to see Nagorno Karabakh outside its borders, and NKR will
never agree for someone to sign a document that will envisage that
Karabakh should be part of Azerbaijan," Vazgen Manukyan concluded.