ARMENIAN DEPUTY: "NO ARMENIAN POWERS WILL EVER BE ABLE TO TURN KARABAKH ISSUE INTO A TRADING OBJECT FOR SETTLEMENT OF ANY OTHER TASKS"

Today.Az
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Jan 22 2009
Azerbaijan

David Arutyunyan, head of the Armenian delegation in PACE and deputy
of Armenian parliament from the ruling Republican party does not see
any connection between the process of talks on Nagorno Karabakh and
discussion of the issue of possible deprivation of Armenia of vote
in PACE, said Arutyunyan in a response to the statement of Armenian
opposition that the powers of the country are ready to make concessions
in the Karabakh issue in exchange for the preservation of the right
to vote in PACE.

Commenting on the statement that the Armenian delegation in PACE were
even given due instructions, Arutyunyan noted that "this also does
not correspond to the reality".

In turn, deputy of the Armenian parliament and member of the
"Flourishing Armenia" faction Naira Zograbyan said such statements
of opposition are illogical and untimely.

"I would recommend to the political powers, which try to win in
the Karabakh issue in the framework of their political games and
calculations, not to do it. No power of Armenia will ever be able
to turn Karabakh issue into a trading object for resolution of any
other tasks and such talks are dangerous", said Zoghrabyan.

The deputy will attend the PACE January session within an Armenian
delegation, instead of the leader of Heritage opposition party Raffi
Ovanisyan, who refused to participate in PACE session.