RUSSIA AS "GODFATHER" OF THE MOSCOW DECLARATION
armradio.am
07.11.2008 17:45
New developments in the Karabakh conflict settlement are possible
within the coming 10-15 days. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
will be visiting Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh. Republican
MP Mkrtich Minasyan predicts that the principles of the main document
of conflict resolution will be determined.
"It does not mean, however, that the document will be signed soon. It
may take several years," the Deputy said. He did not conceal that
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh should be ready for certain concessions.
"Karabakh should be an independent state and should have a security
zone. How broad this zone will be is a different question. It should
certainly have a link with Motherland," he said.
Secretary of the "Heritage" faction Styopa Safaryan says the
Declaration signed in Moscow and all the development in the region are
of Russian origin or are at least approved by the Russian side. It
refers to both the start of the Armenian-Turkish relations and the
Karabakh conflict settlement.
The Deputy reminds that the Armenian-Turkish relations have always
depended on the process of settlement of the Karabakh issue. Styopa
Safaryan notes that the fact that the document has not been signed by
the Karabakhi side, and the Armenian-0Turkish relations have started
developing should prompt that something is wrong.
The Moscow Declaration is risky and includes mines, Styopa Safaryan
is confident. "Russia is actually is a signatory of the delegation,
therefore its "godfather."