ANY ATTEMPT TO PRESENT NKR AS PART OF AZERBAIJAN UNACCEPTABLE

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
10.07.2009 11:12 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Any attempt present NKR as a part of Azerbaijan is
unacceptable, Bako Sahakyan, NKR president said at the opening of the
pan-Armenian conference on Armenian-Turkish relations and settlement
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The conference was organized by the
Central Board of the Hay Dat Commission of ARF Dashnaktsutyun According
to him, Nagorno Karabakh must be full participant in negotiations,
since without NKR representatives, negotiations are carried out in
a violated format, PanARMENIAN.Net reports from Stepanakert.

"We have repeatedly stated that resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict is impossible without our direct involvement in the
negotiation process. The people of Karabakh do not want war, but we
are always ready to defend the independence we won," Bako Sahakyan
emphasized.

With regard to normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations, the
president of Nagorno-Karabakh, mentioned the psychological aspect,
which influences the course of negotiations. "We also believe that
there is no link between normalization of the relation and resolution
of the Karabakh problem, and the Armenian-Turkish reconciliation
should not be carried out at the expense of NKR. Today, Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh must address all the problems through joint efforts,"
Sahakyan said.