NKR ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO ISSUE OF RESETTLEMENT OF ARMENIAN REFUGEES
IN LIBERATED AREAS

YEREVAN, JULY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. Arman Melikian, the NKR President’s
Adviser, reported at the July 4 press conference than when Nagorno
Karabakh becomes a participant of the negotiations process on conflict
settlement, the issue of resettling the liberated areas with Armenian
refugees will be put on the agenda without fail. Meanwile he said that
otherwise that issue will not be solved. "The solution of the refugees’
problem is NKR’s duty, as the deportation of Armenians of Baku and
their massacres were the consequence of Karabakh’s demand to come out
of Azerbaijan," A. Melikian said.

In his words, Armenia’s and NKR’s positions differ in that issue, as
Armenia never speaks about refugees. While, in A. Melikian’s words, all
territories being under NKR’s jurisdiction and especially the liberated
territories should be a resource of compensation of material and moral
losses of those people and should become a new homeland for them. The
NKR President’s Adviser considers that the best variant for conflict
settlement is national-territorial division. "The Azeris will not
return, and the Armenian refugees will not go to live in Baku or
Kirovabad, so, the solution of the problem of 500 thousand Armenian
refugees by the NKR authorities can become a very serious factor in the
process of the conflict settlement," A. Melikian said.