ZHARANGUTIUN HAS LITTLE EXPECTATIONS FROM ARMENIAN AND AZERI PRESIDENTS’ JANUARY 29 MEETING
Noyan Tapan
Jan 13, 2009
YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The Zharangutiun (Heritage)
party has little expectations from the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs’
visit to the region and the January 29 meeting of Azeri and Armenian
Presidents. RA NA Zharangutiun faction member Vardan Khachatrian
stated this at the January 13 press conference, commenting upon the
current stage of Nagorno Karabakh settlement.
"We are still very far from the final settlement agreement. Moreover,
we consider that there is too little room for a compromise, as one
can see from Azeri authorities’ statements that they wish to see all
of us slaughtered.
In consideration of Azerbaijan’s this position, there cannot be verges
of consent today," he said.
As to Azerbaijan’s position voiced repeatedly, to solve the Nagorno
Karabakh problem by war, V. Khachatrian said that there are countries
where general well-being does not affect army’s fighting ability.