UNANIMOUS APPROACH NECESSARY FOR KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT IN PARLIAMENT, MP SAYS

ARKA
14 Sept 2007

EREVAN, September 14. /ARKA/. The political parties of the RA
Parliament should be unanimous concerning the Karabakh conflict
settlement, said Karen Karapetian, chairman of the parliamentary
fraction of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA).

According to him, in the past, all the political parties made a joint
statement and were unanimous concerning the Karabakh conflict.

The RPA remains consecutive about the Karabakh conflict settlement
within the scope of those agreements, according to Karapetian.

"This is an exclusive issue, and all the political parties should be
unanimous concerning it," he said.

According to him, the RPA will try to negotiate with other political
parties. "The unanimous position will help us to meet various
challenges," Karapetian said.

Debates over the Karabakh conflict settlement are going on in
the RA Parliament. Particularly, Raffi Hovannisian, Leader of the
"Zharangutyun" Party submitted on September 28 the draft on "The
Recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" to the RA Parliament,
while the ARF Dashnaktsutyun plans to make a statement on Karabakh’s
inclusion into Armenia.