TOO EARLY TO RECOGNIZE KARABAKH’S INDEPENDENCE – ARMENIAN POLITICIANS

Mediamax
Sept 14 2007
Armenia

Yerevan, 14 September: The political forces represented in the Armenian
parliament rule out Nagornyy Karabakh’s possible return to Azerbaijan,
even if the highest degree of autonomy is granted.

The secretary of the faction of the opposition Heritage Party, Stepan
Safaryan, said at a briefing in the parliament today that there are
only tactical disagreements among parties on the issue of recognizing
the Nagornyy Karabakh republic’s independence, Mediamax reports.

The leader of the parliamentary faction of the Republican Party of
Armenia, Karen Karapetyan, called for emotional approaches to be
excluded from the Karabakh conflict settlement process. He recalled
that Armenian parliamentary forces displayed unity concerning this
issue, making joint statements in the past. "We have to use the
experience that has already been accumulated and not to take hasty
steps," he said.

The secretary of the parliamentary faction of the Prosperous Armenia
Party, Aram Safaryan, stated that the time has not come yet to
officially recognize the NKR’s independence or incorporate it into
Armenia.