ARMENIAN POLITICIAN PREDICTS RETURN OF OCCUPIED AZERI DISTRICTS
news.az
Nov 11 2009
Azerbaijan
The leader of Armenia’s Liberal Party, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, has said
that Armenia is bound to make concessions on Nagorno-Karabakh before
ratification of the protocols on normalizing relations with Turkey.
He made his remarks in an interview with Armenian newspaper Aravot,
published on Tuesday.
"I am sure that before ratification of the protocols Armenia will
make concessions on Nagorno-Karabakh," Hovhannisyan said. "I cannot
say how many districts will be returned but they will return enough
for the Turkish parliament to ratify the protocols and for Azerbaijan
to be satisfied with the Turkish parliament.
"This is absolutely clear and I do not think that Armenia has an
argument that means the problem cannot be resolved. Otherwise, if
Serzh Sargsyan tries to change the rules of the game, a brief war
may well break out in the Caucasus."
Hovhannisyan said that for those driven into a corner, war can
represent an escape. "I hope I’m wrong but what has been happening in
Armenia since the signing of the protocols means that the authorities
are driving their foreign policy agreements into a corner. There
are two options. The current political elite understands that one
way out is their departure from the scene … or if they are going
to be stubborn, then war will appear on the table."