ARMENIA WILL RECOGNIZE NKR INDEPENDENCE IF AZERBAIJAN CONTINUES ITS POSITION-OF-STRENGTH POLICY

armradio.am
20.10.2008 16:54

There will be no serious breakthrough in the negotiations on the
Karabakh conflict settlement before the new US President assumes
office in January 2009, Head of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
(ARF) Bureau’s Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Kiro Manoyan told
a press conference today.

"We should tell the international community that if Azerbaijan
continues its position-of-strength policy, Armenia will recognize
the independence of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic," he noted.

Asked why the Armenian Revolutionary Federation did not support the
legislative initiative of the "Heritage" faction on recognition on
NKR independence, Kiro Manoyan declared: "The recognition of NKR
independence should derive from the process of negotiations and not
the interests of this or that political force."