ACCORDING TO ARMAN MELIKIAN, ARMENIA’S DIPLOMACY IN ISSUE OF KARABAKH IS INCOMPLETE AND SHORT-SIGHTED
Noyan Tapan
March 24, 2010
YEREVAN, MARCH 24, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan’s proposal
to the Azeri side on signing an agreement on non-use of force is an
important measure undertaken just in time. RA NA RPA faction member,
Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Crediting and
Budget Affairs Gagik Minasian expressed such an opinion at a March
24 dispute. In his words, discussions over the main principles
in the Nagorno Karabakh negotiations will be efficient if only the
mentioned agreement is signed. However, according to G. Minasian, today
Azerbaijan has adopted a "deconstructive, simple-minded position,"
which does not permit to arrive at a peaceful, final outcome.
In the opinion of former NKR Foreign Minister Arman Melikian, today
to make a proposal on signing such an agreement means that either the
Maindorf Agreement containing a provision on non-use of force does not
work or the RA President undertakes purely a strategic measure. He
also spoke about S. Sargsyan’s interview to the Al Watan Syrian
newspaper where the President said that "returning to Azerbaijan
territories surrounding Karabakh can be considered Armenian side’s
compromise." A. Melikian declared that ceding those territories is
not in Armenia’s interests at all as they were liberated with the
efforts of all Armenians and fairly belong to 500 thousand Armenians
repressed from Azerbaijan.
G. Minasian opposing to him said that the Armenian side spoke about
those compromises as far back as 1, 5, 15 years ago, and words are one
thing but real life absolutely a different thing. "Our proposals can be
fulfilled if the opposite side is ready for it, which can never concern
Azerbaijan: that country becomes more and more deconstructive," the RPA
deputy said. A. Melikian in response noted that Armenia’s diplomacy
has been always built on the wrong conviction that Azerbaijan will
turn down all proposals. In his words, it is a "defective, imperfect,
short-sighted and poor diplomacy."