SERGE SARGSYAN SURPRISED PEOPLE OF KARABAKH
Lragir.am
14:05:23 – 19/11/2008
In his recent three-day visit to Karabakh Serge Sargsyan took
unprecedented measures of security surprising the people of
Karabakh, stated Alexander Kananyan, a member of the Miatsum National
Initiative. He also said he had reliable information about a secret
meeting of Serge Sargsyan with the Karabakh government and military
command, during which he said with an air of defying objections that
he has decided to resolve the Karabakh issue, the settlement will
be based on the principles of Madrid, the Armenian force will be
withdrawn from five regions, and in two years, which is a new idea,
Alexander Kananyan says, a referendum on status will be held after
which Kelbadjar will also be yielded to Azerbaijan.
Besides, Kananyan said Serge Sargsyan is already trying to disseminate
this approach among the people of Karabakh through the police and
mayors of villages, making them believe that in case of disagreeing
to this the war may ignite. However, Alexander Kananyan says the
people of Karabakh will not give in to this deception because they
are aware that the probability of war increases in case of such a
settlement, especially that Azerbaijan actually acquires strategic
advantage. Alexander Kananyan says perhaps this awareness of the people
of Karabakh was the reason why Serge Sargsyan took unprecedented
measures of security as a result of which life in the capital of
Karabakh was paralyzed, and the citizens who were unable to get to
their workplace wondered why Sargsyan is afraid among his compatriots.
Alexander Kananyan also stated that there is no external pressure
on the Armenian government, and the Armenian government chooses this
settlement voluntarily, since it is led by mercantile interests rather
than national interests, and is anxious for a rapid opening of the
Armenian and Turkish border to the detriment of the national interests.