S. DEMIRCHYAN: NKR SHOULD BECOME TALKS’ COMPETENT PARTY

DE FACTO
Nov 14, 2008

YEREVAN, 14.11.08. DE FACTO. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic should become
a Karabakh talks’ competent party, Stepan Demirchyan, oppositional
People’s Party of Armenia (PPA) leader, believes.

"Karabakh conflict’s settlement is unreal without Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic’s competent participation in the talks", Demirchyan stated
at a press conference held on Friday.

In his words, the fact that NKR President does not participate in
the talks is a negative side of the declaration signed in Moscow.

At that the PPA leader added that the decision on continuation of
the talks on the conflict’s peaceful settlement within the frames
of the OSCE Mink group was the declaration’s positive side, noting
that Russia had underscored its role in the conflict’s settlement by
initiating the declaration’s signing.

According to Demirchyan, NKR’s participation in the talks will enable
to solve many components of the settlement. "We are against one-sided
concessions in the conflict’s settlement, however, we consider mutual
concessions acceptable", he said. At the same time he added that
Armenian opposition did not anticipate the issue’s rapid settlement,
Novosti-Armenia Agency reports.