DOES NOT TAKE MOSCOW DECLARATION SERIOUSLY

Lragir.am
18:01:00 – 04/12/2008

The former NKR defense minister Samvel Babayan who founded the Dashink
party but soon dissolved it and joined the Ramkavar Party of Armenia,
was hosted at the Hayatsk press club on December 4. He said he does
not take the declaration on Karabakh signed in Moscow seriously. Samvel
Babayan thinks Moscow needed that declaration to display its influence
in the region but according to Samvel Babayan that document will not
have serious consequences for the settlement of the conflict.

By the way, Babayan thinks that at least in the upcoming five years
the sides will be far from the settlement. As to the question of
reporters what he would do if there were an agreement on settlement,
Samvel Babayan said in case of a dangerous option he will do everything
to mobilize the "forces depending on him" to fight against that option.

By the way, the ex-foreign minister of NKR and the ex-presidential
candidate of Armenia Arman Melikyan does not expect crucial and
dangerous developments relating to the settlement of the Karabakh
conflict. He stated that in case of dangerous developments there is
sufficient human potential in both Armenia and Karabakh to oppose to
that dangerous development. As to the declaration of Moscow, Arman
Melikyan said Armenia actually made a mistake by signing it without
Karabakh, and Azerbaijan benefited, since it turns=2 0out that the
conflict is with Karabakh.

Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan who was also hosted at the Hayatsk press club
said everyone is bluffing in the process of settlement, and there is
no reason for worry.

In addition, Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan made an interesting statement. He
said the Armenian troops were not needed in Kelbajar since the Karabakh
army led by Samvel Babayan could have taken Kelbajar. According
to Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan, that mistake now enables Azerbaijan to
manipulate the issue and present as if Armenia had attacked Azerbaijan.