ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS KARABAKH CONFLICT STATEMENT

ARMENPRESS
April 29, 2008

YEREVAN, APRIL 29, ARMENPRESS: With a vote of 96 to 3 and 2 abstentions
the National Assembly (parliament) of Armenia adopted today a statement
on resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The statement calls on the president and the government ‘to make
Armenia’s policy on the settlement of the conflict more proactive
and initiating."

It says Armenia should step up efforts for development and
implementation of measures designed to provide full and true
information about the conflict to the international community and to
that end to engage all-Armenian potential.

The statement also urges the president and the government to develop
legal grounds, within the international law, that will ensure more
effective cooperation between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh and
which will also allow Armenia to rebuff any potential aggression
by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh and ensure its security and
defense.

The statement also calls for restoration of the Nagorno-Karabakh
officials’ rights to participate in all related developments and
processes as an internationally recognized side to the conflict.

It also urges to prepare alternative measures for international
recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh which should be put into effect in
case the ongoing talks within the OSCE Minsk Group collapse.