ACCORDING TO DPA CHAIRMAN, PROPOSAL TO HOLD PLEBISCITE IN KARABAKH IS
INADMISSIBLE

YEREVAN, MAY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The 20th anniversary of Artsakh liberation
struggle is marked this year and we should give a meaning to our past
way. Aram Sargsian, the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Armenia,
stating this at the May 7 press conference, said that it is time that
the Armenian side take decisive steps in the issue of Nagorno Karabakh
settlement and present the principles, which are acceptable for Armenia
and NKR.

According to him, first of all Armenia is obliged to recognize the
process of NKR’s legal independence from Azerbaijan. And the
principles, which are currently discussed within the framework of the
negotiations of problem’s settlement, as the DPA Chairman evaluated,
are not beneficial for the Armenian side. In his words, in particular,
the proposal to hold a plebiscite in NKR is inadmissible. "By this we
reduce to zero the whole way Artsakh passed in 1988-1991, when the
Nagorno Karabakh republic was proclaimed. Therefore, we admit that they
were actions not meeting legal international norms," A. Sargsian said
adding that these actions correspond to norms of international law. And
Azerbaijan, in his words, in that case will demand that the Azeris, who
lived in Karabakh until 1988 return there. "Their offsprings wil also
return with them. Do you imagine how big their number will be?," A.
Sargsian said.