ARMENIAN MP: RECOGNITION OF NKR WILL CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR TALKS

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News Armenia
12-09-2007 18:23:51

By adopting the bill on the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Armenia will create new opportunities for the talks on the Karabakh
issue, stated the secretary of the Heritage party’s faction Stepan
Safaryan at the National Assembly of Armenia.

"We are going through a crucial stage of history when the opposition
and pro-government forces of Armenia may assume responsibility for
enhancing the security of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, setting up
better-coordinated relations between them, exclude the resumption of
war and maintain the legal status of NKR as a sovereign and independent
country," he said.

Safaryan is hopeful that the bill will be discussed duly by the
parliament, and with support from the NGOs it will open up a new page
for further development of the two independent Armenian states.

"We believe that thereby the bill will create opportunities for
reporting the Karabakh issue to international organizations and for
the talks, especially that with the presidential election coming up we
still have time to eliminate the shortcomings that have been observed
in the talks so far," said the secretary of the Heritage faction.

The head of the Heritage faction, the ex-foreign minister of Armenia
Raffi Hovannisian had proposed the bill on the recognition of
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to the National Assembly on August 28.

One of the justifications of the bill is that NKR complies with the
provisions of the international law on the sovereign state.