ACCORDING TO ARAM G. SARGSIAN, FOR ARMENIA, IT IS BENEFICIAL TO SOLVE NAGORNO KARABAKH PROBLEM NOT IN POLITICAL, BUT IN LEGAL FIELD
Noyan Tapan
Nov 5, 2008
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. There are serious contradictions in
the Declaration on Nagorno Karabakh settlement signed by the Presidents
of Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan on November 2 in Moscow. As Aram
Sargsian, the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA),
stated at the November 5 press conference, it is the formulation on
political settlement that first of all causes anxiety, as for Armenia,
it is beneficial to solve the Nagorno Karabakh problem not in the
political, but in the legal field.
According to Aram Sargsian’s estimation, the Armenian side does
not have the doctrine on Nagorno Karabakh settlement to present
to the world what solution to the conflict it proposes. Besides,
the Armenian side should be the instigator and not adopt a passive
position to achieve problem settlement. "The Armenian side should
present its proposals to the world and renounce that principle of
political settlement. After all, we should have a position of our
own, which the great powers should also take into consideration,"
A. Sargsian said. At the same time he said that by that Declaration
NKR was left out of the negotiations process, while the issue will not
be solved unless the Artsakh authorities take part in the negotiations.
A. Sargsian also said that DPA is against returning territories. "The
matter regards our state and national security. No matter how much
Azerbaijan threatens, all the same the return is impossible, it is
a very dangerous phenomenon and contains great shocks," he emphasized.