FORMER NKR FM CRITICAL OF ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES’ POLICY

news.am
Dec 2 2009
Armenia

Arman Melikyan, the former minister of foreign affairs of the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) does not know any minister that
would consider his work ineffective. At a press conference in Yerevan
Melikyan stated that RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian’s behavior
is logical, and his optimism is the result of his confidence.

Nalbandian sees sense in his activities, so "he must be optimistic."

"Otherwise, he would have to resign," Melikyan said.

He stated that the processes involving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
do not meet the interests of either Armenia or Nagorno-Karabakh. He
pointed out that official Yerevan seems to agree with Azerbaijan’s
opinion that Armenia is an aggressor. "Baku is demanding 2/3 of
Nagorno-Karabakh territory, raising the problem of Azerbaijani
refugees, while the Armenian side is not implementing an adequate
policy. The mutual concessions incorporated in the Madrid Principles
are actually concessions of the Armenian side alone," Melikyan said.