ANC TO SUPPORT VARIANT OF CONFLICT SETTLEMENT ACCEPTABLE FOR KARABAKH

Noyan Tapan

Dec 1, 2008

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian National Congress
is going to support any variant of conflict settlement that will be
acceptable for the Artsakh people. Arman Musinian, the Spokesperson
of first RA President Levon Ter-Petrosian, stated at the December 1
press conference. He said that according to opposition’s data, the
authorities of Karabakh mislead the people to make it calm down and
to avoid a revolt. According to A. Musinian, therefore the Karabakh
people is not able to orient itself.

As to the policy in Nagorno Karabakh problem carried on by the RA
authorities, according to A. Musinian’s observation, its greatest
shortcoming is that they continue the negotiations without NKR’s
participation. According to him, the ratification of the Moscow
Declaration without NKR representative’s signature will give the Azeri
President a possibility to speak from the positions of force. According
to A. Musinian, today Armenia has reached a difficult point in the
Nagorno Karabakh settlement negotiations, for which former President
Robert Kocharian, former Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian, President
Serzh Sargsyan, and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian are responsible.

"Though a bandit regime holds the power in Armenia, which is able to
fire at its own people, nevertheless we have stopped our rallies to
give these authorities a possibility to find a favorable solution
to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict," A. Musinian said. However, as
he added, the authorities do not use that pause efficiently: their
policy is rather aimed at retaining and legitimizing their own posts
than at protecting the national interests.