SERZH SARGSYAN: NAGORNO KARABAKH REPUBLIC, OUR NATIVE LAND HAS NO PRICE, BARGAINING IS USELESS
Noyan Tapan
Feb 12, 2009
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. RA’s position on Nagorno
Karabakh problem is very exact – the Nagorno Karabakh people has a
self-determination right and has fulfilled it, RA President Serzh
Sargsyan stated in his greeting speech at the Bargavach Hayastan
(Prosperous Armenia) party’s 4th congress.
"Nagorno Karabakh cannot make part of Azerbaijan, there are neither
legal nor historic bases for that, and, most importantly, there is
no willingness by NKR citizens," the country leader added.
The RA President confirmed that Armenia considers Nagorno Karabakh
peaceful settlement a way having no alternative that will lead to
recognition of Artsakh people’s self-determination right. S. Sargsyan
considered wrong his opponents’ approach that there is no need in
recognition of Nagorno Karabakh people’s self-determination right
by Azerbaijan or the international community. "The Nagorno Karabakh
people’s self-determination right is an inviolable right, but when
our inviolable right is not recognized, the only way out is fight
for recognition of that right, the only way is negotiations. And
those trying to present these negotiations as bargainings are deeply
mistaken: the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, our native land has no price,
and if it has no price, bargaining is useless," the RA President
stated.
Serzh Sargsyan also reaffirmed Armenia’s position on dialogue with
Turkey, it will be continued, and Armenia’s goal is establishment
of relations without preconditions and lifting blockade of the RA
borders. The RA President is convinced that Armenia will be able to
establish joint, normal relations with its neighbors. "Today there
is a good possibility to normalize the Armenian-Turkish relations,
and we should use it, and it is our opinion that will be decisive in
this issue," the RA President said.
Armenia works actively to fulfill its commitments towards the
European structures and to lay the European integration process on
firm bases. Here, according to RA President’s estimation, there are
noticeable results and greater expectations. Sargsyan recorded that
Armenia is also active within the framework of CIS, especially, CSTO,
in issues of elaboration of new initiatives in country’s interests and
their fulfillment. "Meanwhile, many-sided, good-neighborly relations
will develop with our neighbors, in particular, in the spheres of
energy, communication ways, close economic cooperation, it is in the
interests of both our country and the regional countries," the RA
President assured.
The RA President considers that under the world financial-economic
crisis Armenia’s task is to mitigate the crisis impact, to protect
the people from shocks as far as possible. According to the
President, everything possible should be done to reduce the world
financial-economic crisis impact on Armenia as fas as possible, for
Armenia not to be in a worse condition that its neighbors. According
to his evaluation, the government carries our right actions in that
direction. "Direct state interventions to protect the native producer
and to promote export, stimulating factors to direct to export growth
the organization abilities of importers having rich experience of
work on foreign markets, amendments being made and envisaged to the
tax and customs legislation are aimed at giving a new spirit to our
economy," the country leader said.
"We should be able to establish and fulfill new development priorities,
which in a long-term prospect will ensure Armenia’s development,
will strengthen our country’s independence," the RA President said.