ARMENIA HAS TO ACKNOWLEDGE NKR RIGHTS

LRAGIR.AM
13:10:03 – 04/06/2009

The Heritage party issued a statement on the negotiations on the
Nagorno-Karabakh issue settlement. According to the statement, the
Heritage party agrees with the stances of the mediators and the
international organizations that the ways to a settlement should
be found by the societies, which are the sides of the conflict:
Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia and Azerbaijan. And all the other countries,
which want to help the sides to find a settlement, may act only
as mediators.

The Heritage party considers impermissible the statements of several
countries on the territorial integrity of the Soviet Azerbaijan,
by which they encourage Azerbaijan for a war.

The party believes that it is undisputable that the essence of
the Nagorno-Karabakh issue is the international recognition of its
status, which stems from the international right of the people to
self-determine, which was not overlooked in the frameworks of the
OSCE Minks group.

The party is worried that the territorial factor is rendered a major
problem by the super-powers engaged in the political and economic
processes in the region, in order to satisfy the Azerbaijani needs.

The Heritage brings into everyone’s attention the international
document, according to which Nagorno-Karabakh was proclaimed an
independent side of the conflict in 1994, at OSCE Budapest summit. The
meetings and "conversations", which have been held so far, cannot be
considered a negotiation, unless Nagorno-Karabakh directly takes part
in them.

– The party reminds that Nagorno-Karabakh is competent in connection
with the territorial determination between Nagorno-Karabakh and
Azerbaijan, and Armenia may only assist to the settlement of the
questions aroused between NKR and Azerbaijan.

In order to create favorable conditions for the final settlement of
the conflict, for the prevention of the danger of the resumption of
military actions as well as with the aim to exclude any intervention
in the home questions, the Heritage party announces that Armenia
has to agree the content of the negotiations with the Armenians
from Artsakh. Armenia has to acknowledge the NKR legal rights
and responsibility and the main question in the negotiations with
Azerbaijan has to be the NKR independent status and its security.

In order to prevent any resumption of military actions, according to
the Heritage party, the best way is to call for the recognition of
the Karabakhi independence and the recognition itself. In addition,
the first step in this connection should be made by Armenia.

The Heritage party calls on all the Armenian political forces, as well
as the Nagorno-Karabakhi leadership to join this initiative being sure
that the steps proposed stem from the aims of the political-public
frameworks and are indispensable for the protection of the legal
rights of the Armenian people.