Interfax, Russia
May 5 2009
Agreements on Karabakh that disregard Stepanakert opinion "doomed" –
Karabakh official
STEPANAKERT May 5
Nagorno-Karabakh officials should take part in the negotiations on the
Karabakh settlement, Karen Baburyan, a representative of the president
of the self-proclaimed Republic, told Interfax on Tuesday.
"Any document adopted without regard for the opinion and interests of
Nagorno-Karabakh is a stillborn document," he said.
Baburyan signed a document that marked the beginning of truce on May
5, 1994, when he was speaker of the Nagorno-Karabakh parliament.
"Because Nagorno-Karabakh took part in the signing of the Bishkek
protocol and reached a true in the Karabakh conflict area, the
agreement turned out to be effective," he said.
Pointing out that Nagorno-Karabakh de facto took part in the Bishkek
talks as a full-fledged conflict party, Baburyan spoke in favor of
resuming negotiations with Nagorno-Karabakh.
Baburyan expressed concern about the intensification of the meditation
role of Turkey and the recent statement made by the Turkish Foreign
Ministry that six-party negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh involving the
U.S., Russia, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Switzerland are
expected to be held soon. "Essentially, Azerbaijan’s intention to
change the current format of the negotiations by replacing France with
the EU or Turkey is being realized," Baburyan said.