"OUR BORDER IS WHERE ARMENIAN SOLDIER STANDS," NKR PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE IN RA DECLARES
Noyan Tapan
Jul 30, 2007
YEREVAN, JULY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Karlen Avetisian, the permanent
representative of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh in the Republic of
Armenia, does not agree to the two extreme points of views expressed by
Armenian and Karabakh media, according to which either the presidential
elections of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh are considered to have
passed in an excellent way or Karabakh is regarded as a province, the
people of which "do not understand anything in political processes."
"Reality is in their midst. The elections have been held. Both society
and all the candidates for the post of the president have recognized
the results of the elections. This is the principle estimation of those
elections," Karlen Avetisian said at the July 27 press conference.
In respect of the infringements registered in these elections Karlen
Avetisian did not exclude that the number of infringements, in reality,
may be more than those registered. However, according to him, "it
is impossible to organize such an electoral process where there are
no infringements." At the same time Karlen Avetisian mentioned that
those infringements did not play an essential role in the results of
the elections.
As for the participation perspective of the Republic of Nagorno
Karabakh in the negotiations directed at the Karabakh conflict
settlement, Karlen Avetisian believes that it "is of principle
significance." According to him, without the participation of Nagorno
Karabakh the format of the process of the negotiations totally changes:
"the right of self-determination changes into a territorial one." "The
thing is not that that Karabakh should substitude for Armenia. Armenia
was forced to become envolved in this conflict and, first of all,
it stands surely for the physical security of the population of the
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh," Karlen Avetisian said.
Answering the question concerning territories, the permanent
representative of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh mentioned that
Bako Sahakian, who has been elected President, has expressed his
opinion and that he also believes that "at present, our border is
where an Armenian soldier stands." "The main problem of our policy
is that we should be able to fix what exists, and continue to move
forward as a result of the negotiations," Karlen Avetisian declared.