STATEMENTS ON RESUMPTION OF WAR ARE NOT TRUE

KarabakhOpen
07-12-2007 12:22:37

Recently various opinions have been voiced on the Karabakh
settlement. In Karabakh they think a crucial stage in settlement
has started. The Azerbaijani side thinks probability of war is 100
percent. It is also said that only one of ten issues of settlement
on the table of the talks has not been agreed on. The Armenian side
says the last issue is the status of Karabakh. Baku says the status
of Karabakh was not discussed at all.

The representative of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Artsakh Central Committee
Davit Ishkhanyan thinks no breakthrough is expected in the upcoming
year because in 2008presidential elections will be held in the OSCE
Minsk Group countries, the U.S. and Russia, and "they will focus on
their internal problems."

Davit Ishkhanyan told Karabakh-Open.com the statements of the
Azerbaijani officials on the resumption of the war and no discussion of
the status of Karabakh is part of the Azerbaijani diplomacy which uses
the opportunity for political pressure. He thinks those statements
are not true. The political activity of Turkey makes him think so,
as well as the recent meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia
and Russia who said war is unacceptable.

The representative of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Artsakh Central Committee
thinks the Armenian side should insist on the participation of Karabakh
in the talks as a full-right member. As to the stance of Azerbaijan
on the status of Karabakh, Davit Ishkhanyan thinks it should not be a
guideline for the Armenian side because Nagorno-Karabakh has existed
de facto for a long time now, and it needs only a de jure recognition.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress