RA EX-FM: ‘ACTUAL INDEPENDENCE OF NAGORNO KARABAKH IS INDISPUTABLE’
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2008-05-26 08:18:00
ArmInfo. , ex-Foreign Minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanyan said
during the International conference in Stepanakert entitled "20th
Anniversary of Karabakh Movement: Realities and Prospects", ArmInfo
special correspondent in Stepanakert reports.
He said that the document currently available on the negotiating table
is an achievement of the Armenian diplomacy, as the right of Nagorno
Karabakh for self-determination has been fixed in it, that allows
to solve the problem in a best way. "This document will enable our
diplomacy to keep on active working preserving the registered fact of
self- determination of the Karabakh people", ex-FM said. V. Oskanyan
also said that he sees no alternative to this document and expressed
hope that Baku will not refuse of its provisions as the document
was drawn-up under active participation of the Azerbaijani party. RA
ex-FM specified a number of factors influencing the Karabakh settlement
process, in particular, the interests of powers, the internal political
and economic state of the conflicting parties, the degree of efficiency
of negotiations between the conflicting parties, etc.
To recall, political experts, scientists and representatives of
power of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, Russia, the United States, Iran,
Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transdniestria, and a number of European
countries take part in the conference. At this stage, the participants
in the conference work in three directions: "Historical-legal
substantiations of Nagorno Karabakh self-determination and
International Law", "Peculiarities of the international perception of
Nagorno Karabakh problem and the modern geopolitical developments" and
"Information challenges in Karabakh conflict settlement process". The
conference will end today, on May 24.