ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: MADRID PRINCIPLES INCLUDE ACTUAL CONSOLIDATION OF KARABAKH INDEPENDENCE

ArmInfo
2009-07-10 19:49:00

ArmInfo. The amended version of Madrid principles formulated in
2007 include actual consolidation of Nagorno-Karabakh independence,
a high-ranking source in the Armenian foreign ministry, who preferred
to remain anonymous, told ArmInfo correspondent.

According to the Armenian diplomat, besides actual recognition of
NKR independence, this document mentioned in the statements of the
OSCE Minsk Group stipulates implementation by means of a referendum
on Karabakh people’s right to self-determination.

To note, commenting upon the adoption of the joint statement on the
Karabakh peace process made by OSCE MG co-chair countries’ presidents
at the G8 summit, Azerbaijani political expert Vafa Guluzade said:
"If everything were settled only by means of statements, there would
be no problems, people would die of and lack of conflicts".

Guluzade disliked the position of the three super-powers’ presidents
and stated: "This is an absolutely statement aiming only to dignify
themselves and having no impact on the conflict from which the Azeri
people suffered.

With such statements the OSCE MG co-chairs invent some absurd
principles calling them Madrid principles or Prague process, which
actually do not allow punishing the aggressor and restore the
justice",- he said.