BAKU: Shavarsh Kocharyan: Armenia should take single position on NK

Today, Azerbaijan
Feb. 22, 2008

Shavarsh Kocharyan: "Armenia should take a single position on Nagorno
Karabakh"

22 February 2008 [17:57] – Today.Az

Armenia should occupy a single position on Nagorno Karabakh.

The due statement was made by the leader of Armenian National
Democratic Party Shavarsh Kocharyan at a press conference on Friday.

"Kosovo’s self-declaration could be expected long ago and in this
process Armenia and "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" are interested
sides", Kocharyan noted. He said the issue was not paid due
attention in Armenia.

"Levon Ter-Petrosyan has gained many votes at presidential elections
and those, for him it is profitable, will set this fact not for
voting against working powers, but for a split in the Armenian
society on the Karabakh issue", Kocharyan announced.

He said people, who voted for ex-president will be assessed as
citizens who voted for softening Armenia’s position on the Karabakh
issue.

"This weakens our position. Considering the Kosovo process, it can be
said that this is a very serious problem, We should now take a more
reasonable and thoroughly analyzed position, considering possible
unilateral separation of Kosovo", Kocharyan noted.

At the same time he noted that Azerbaijan is now in a difficult
state, as it would like to have good relations with the Moslem states
on one hand, including Kosovo, but it understanding that Kosovo is a
precedent for Nagorno Karabakh.

/Novosti-Armenia/

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