ACCORDING TO RPA REPRESENTATIVE, PACKAGE OF CO-CHAIRS’ PROPOSALS IS IN ARMENIAN SIDE’S INTERESTS

Noyan Tapan
July 14, 2009

YEREVAN, JULY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. RPA’s position in the issue of Nagorno
Karabakh settlement is unchanged: Armenia should never make one-sided
concessions, and Nagorno Karabakh’s status is the main problem. RPA
Spokesperson, RA National Assembly deputy Eduard Sharmazanov stated
on July 14.

Commenting upon the recent statement on Nagorno Karabakh conflict
made by the Presidents of the U.S., Russia, and France, E. Sharmazanov
mentioned that "it is not a coordinated final plan, but only a package
of proposals, which is in Armenian side’s interests." Besides,
according to him, "the Presidents in their statements practically
fixed Nagorno Karabakh’s independence."

He reminded of the three points of principle mentioned by President
Serzh Sargsyan, over which Armenia cannot make a compromise. First,
Nagorno Karabakh cannot be part of Azerbaijan. The second condition
is that Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia should have common land borders
and the third condition is that the security guarantees of Nagorno
Karabakh population and state should be exact. In the opinion of the
RPA Spokesperson, these principles were taken into consideration.

According to E. Sharmazanov, it cannot be considered accidental that
"much hysteria" emerged in Azerbaijan. "It is not accidental that
Azeri analysts spoke exactly, I will cite that "Azerbaijan is losing
Nagorno Karabakh" and "it cannot be part of Azerbaijan," he said.