RUSSIA AND U.S. NOT INTERESTED IN RETURN OF TERRITORIES TO AZERBAIJAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
21.03.2008 16:08 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Recognition of Nagorno Karabakh’s independence
doesn’t conflict with international interests, NKR former Deputy
Foreign Minister Arman Melikyan said.

"We can initiate the recognition process. I am confident that
recognition of Nagrono Karabakh by Armenia will cause chain reaction,"
he said.

"Russia and U.S. are not interested in return of territories
to Azerbaijan. It’s not in our interests either. We should grant
Karabakhi citizenship to Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan, who can
populate these lands," he said.

"The negotiation process meets the interests of the EU, which a rival
for the United States in the issue.

However, weakening of the U.S. influence in the region will not
affect the situation, since Russia and U.S. coincide on Karabakh,"
Melikyan said, Novosti Armenia reports.