EDUARD ABRAHAMYAN: POLICY CAN’T BE BUILT ON BARE TRUST

PanARMENIAN.Net
21.01.2010 18:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Different though in phrasing, statements of both
Russian Premier and Foreign Minister supported the idea of RA-Turkey
rapprochement and Karabakh conflict settlement issues having to be
resolved separately, chairman of Neo-conservative Movement of Armenia,
Eduard Abrahamyan said, commenting on the statements of Vladimir
Putin and Sergey Lavrov.

"Washington, as well as Moscow, adheres to the idea of resolving the
two issues separately. We have only to believe in the truthfulness
of those statements, yet policy can’t be built on bare trust. Best
criterions for political statements are actions, fortifying those
statements," NMA chairman told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
the border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich by Armenian
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet
Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of diplomatic talks
held through Swiss mediation.

On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of
Armenia found the protocols conformable to the country’s Organic Law.

The Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) is a de facto independent republic
located in the South Caucasus, bordering by Azerbaijan to the north
and east, Iran to the south, and Armenia to the west.

After the Soviet Union established control over the area, in 1923
it formed the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) within the
Azerbaijan SSR. In the final years of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan
launched an ethnic cleansing which resulted in the Karabakh War that
was fought from 1991 to 1994.

Since the ceasefire in 1994, most of Nagorno Karabakh and several
regions of Azerbaijan around it (the security zone) remain under the
control of Nagorno Karabakh defense army.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have since been holding peace talks mediated
by the OSCE Minsk Group.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress