RADICAL MOVEMENT AGAINST TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS TO AZERBAIJAN CREATED IN ARMENIA

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Oct 31 2008
Azerbaijan

"Armenia must recognize independence of Karabakh within the borders,
defined by a ceasefire agreement of 1994 with its further annexation
to Armenia", consider members of the new public initiative "Union",
created at a press conference in Yerevan on October 30.

The aim of this organization is formation of a public opinion based
on the rejection of the territorial concessions to Azerbaijan during
the resolution of the Karabakh conflict: involvement of social and
political powers, sharing the same approach to the resolution of the
conflict; creating a legal package with its further presentation
to the Armenian powers about recognition and annexation of "NKR"
to Armenia within the borders, fixed by an agreement on ceasefire
between Armenia and Azerbaijan of 1994.

"We have already agreed to concessions in 1994 drawing a line
between the lands controlled by Armenia and Azerbaijan. Any changes
in borders will lead to a new war, as it implies the life and security
of each resident of Nagorno Karabakh", noted the member of the public
initiative, deputy of Heritage opposition faction Zarui Postanjan.

"The reality is that Nagorno Karabakh has formed as a state and
Armenia and Karabakh can not exist without each other. The territory
of "NKR" and the security belt around it should be attached a legal
status. We must prepare a legal package and attain recognition of
Nagorno Karabakh along with the liberated lands by the powers of
Armenia and its further annexation to Armenia", added the deputy.

"The territorial concessions in the resolution of the Karabakh problem
will lead to the collapse of the whole security system in the said
region and a new war with Azerbaijan", considers another participant
of the "Union" initiative Alexander Kananyan.

He considers that Russia is strongly interested with the territorial
concessions by the Armenian side.

"After the South Ossetian conflict Russia, controlling South Ossetia
and Abkhazia, lost the territory of the rest of Georgia. And now
attempting to bypass Georgia, thus depriving it of the role of a
transit state, Russia intends to create a corridor between Armenia and
Turkey and then from Armenia to Azerbaijan. Yet, for all this Russia
offers Armenia to cede the liberated lands of Karabakh to Azerbaijan",
said Kananyan.