Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Sept 1 2007

Armenian Foreign Ministry: It is not right time to recognize Nagorno
Karabakh

[ 01 Sep 2007 15:35 ]

`Recognition of Nagorno Karabakh by Armenia is one of the options’,
Armenian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Vladimir Karapetyan said while
commenting on Heritage party’s legislation initiative, APA reports.

`Recognition process should take place in the right time so that it
would have maximal effect and contribute to the solution of the
problem. But this right time has not yet come,’ he added.
Head of Heritage fraction in Armenian parliament, Former Foreign
Minister Raffii Hovannisian submitted a draft law on the recognition
of Nagorno Karabakh to the parliament, APA reports quoting
Novosti-Armenia.
Raffi Hovanisian thinks that `Nagorno Karabakh Republic’ meets all
requirements for a sovereign state put forth by international law,
`Armenia will recognize Nagorno Karabakh’s factual status by adopting
this law,’ he said.
Draft law entails the regulation of relations between Armenia and
Nagorno Karabakh after the recognition process, Armenia’s
responsibilities and duties concerning the insurement and
strengthening of Artsakh’s security, specifying state’s policy,
Armenia’s involvement into reconstruction works in post-conflict
period. The draft law says that Armenia recognizes Nagorno Karabakh
Republic, as NGR is USSR’s decolonization subject./APA/