IN DAVIT SHAHNAZARIAN’S WORDS, KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT AT PRESENT THRUSTED UPON US BY STRONGEST OF WORLDS
Noyan Tapan
July 30, 2009
YEREVAN, JULY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. The Karabakh conflict settlement at
present reminds of the Dayton process, that is, the settlement is
thrusted upon us by strongest of the world. Representative of the
Armenian National Congress (ANC) Davit Shahnazarian expressed such
an opinion at the July 30 press conference. In his words, among the
U.S., Russia and France there is an agreement on the Karabakh issue:
to reach serious movements if not a final solution. "In my opinion,
they already prepare the great agreement in Krakow," D. Shahnazarian
mentioned. According to his prevision, four factors can prevent from
signing of that agreement: if there is power shift in Armenia through
special elections, if Russia changes its positions for some reasons,
if Azerbaijan does not satisfy itself with what it gets, or if a
force major situation is created in the world and region.
Touching upon the Madrid document, D. Shahnazarian mentioned that
there is no formulation in it about the Karabakh status. Instead, in
his words, it is mentioned that the territories got liberty must be
controlled by the armed forces of Azerbaijan. The ANC representative
added that he does not share OSCE Minsk Group American Co-Chairman
Matthew Bryza’s opinion that a referendum and will is, in essence,
the same. As D. Shahnazarian explained, a will can not have legal
consequances.
He also stated that though there are different approaches on the
Karabakh problem at the ANC, everybody is of the same opinion in
one issue: the problem must be settled based on the principle of the
nations’ self-determination. But, first of all, in D. Shahnazarian’s
words, the radical opposition, in the face of the ANC, must first of
all reach power shift.