NKR PRESIDENT SHOULD MAKE DEMAND OF INVOLVING NAGORNO KARABAKH IN NEGOTIATIONS AS PARTY, ARAM G. SARGSIAN CONSIDERS

Noyan Tapan
Jan 22, 2008

YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The settlement of the Kosovo
problem will have no impact on the Nagorno Karabakh settlement. As Aram
Sargsian, the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA), stated
at the January 22 dispute, the Nagorno Karabakh problem has its unique
direction, as it has emerged earlier, nearly 100 years ago, and for
the Armenian party it will be wrong to "cling to incidents." According
to the DPA leader, no matter who is elected President of Armenia
he will come across a number of hardened problems, in particular,
the statements of the Azeri President, which become stricter and
stricter. The "bellicose" position of the Azeri President, according
to A. Sargsian, means that he prepares his people for resumption of
military operations.

Touching upon the necessity of Karabakh party’s return to the
negotiations table, A. Sargsian mentioned that first of all the
NKR authorities, that country’s President should make such a
demand. "Armenia has not done what it should have been done so
far, to form a state doctrine on the Nagorno Karabakh problem,"
A. Sargsian said.

Hovhannes Igitian, a member of Board of the Armenian National Movement
(ANM) party, considers that it would be wrong to adopt a doctrine,
which will not contain the Artsakh people’s position. He gave assurance
that irrespective of the fact who will be elected RA President, he
should return the Karabakh party to the negotiations table. "We should
look back and find the moment, when we lost the formula of success:
it was the moment, when Karabakh was considered an equal party in
the negotiations process," H. Igitian added.