ARMENIAN POLITICAL EXPERT: IT IS NOT RULED THAT THAT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT HAS ALREADY BEEN SIGNED WITH AZERBAIJAN

ArmInfo
2010-01-19 15:04:00

ArmInfo. "The Armenian authorities have been recently "gladdening" the
public by their unpredictable actions i.e. by signing the road-map,
Madrid principles," Aleksander Kananyan, political expert, said at
Armat Club in Yerevan on Tuesday.

In the meanwhile, he said, the problem is very serious and the public
must be informed of any changes in the country. For instance, he
said, the public learnt about the road-map on the eve of April 24 –
Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day. Afterwards on August 31 the
people became witness to signing of the texts of the protocols and
later Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said that the text with all
its details was coordinated yet in February 2009, the expert said. In
this context, he supposes that the framework agreement on settlement
of the Karabakh conflict has already been signed with Azerbaijan and
the Armenian party has informed Turkey about that. All this allowed
Turkey linking the Armenian-Turkish normalization and the Karabakh
process. "We should not pin hopes with the meetings of Armenian and
Azerbaijani presidents," he said.

The incumbent administration of Armenia has neither desire not
possibility to influence the negotiation process, he said. The expert
believes that any decision suggesting return of even part of the
territories to Azerbaijan will inevitably result in collapse of the
entire defense system of Armenia.