OSCE MG DISTORTED ESSENCE OF NKR CONFLICT

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
15.07.2009 17:34 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Proposals advanced by OSCE MG Co-Chairs dealing with
NKR conflict settlement have not changed in question. As before,
mediators force Armenian side to hand over certain territories
to Azerbaijan, NKR ex-Foreign Minister Arman Melikyan told a news
conference in Yerevan. "Mediators exert pressure on conflicting
parties. But it’s impossible to do without pressures, as there
are many countries having serious interests. Armenia’s task in
the current situation is to formulate its interests and make every
possible effort to protect them on international arena," Arman
Melikyan said, stressing the basic interest of Armenian side,
i.e. maintaining NKR’s present-day territory and protecting the
rights of over 500 thousand Armenian refugees. Madrid Principles,
according to Melikyan, do not clearly define any issue, "Armenia’s
signing the document will mean that the country recognizes Karabakh
within the boundaries of Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Region. We
are currently facing a complicated situation. Nevertheless,
it is possible to find some way out, e.g. to initiate a parallel
process of recognizing NKR independence," the speaker said, adding
that mediators had distorted the essence of NKR conflict, in an
attempt to provide legal vs. political solution to the problem.