Armenian authorities raise issue of Karabakh side’s participation in
negotiation process

2010-03-26 13:31:00

ArmInfo. "Armenia continues its initiative foreign policy, and I think
we shall reach success in this field", secretary of the Republican
party of Armenia, RPA spokesman Eduard Sharmazanov said at today’s
press-conference in Yerevan.

According to him, joining of Karabakh to Azerbaijan is inadmissible.
"Serzh Sargsyan offered Ilham Aliyev to sign a treaty on the non-use
of force, however, the latter did not agree. It proves once again that
the Azerbaijanis are not ready to solve the conflicts by the rules of
the 21st century", E. Sharmazanov emphasized. As for the possible
concessions on the Karabakh conflict, Sharmazanov said the mutual
concessions are out of question without solution of the NKR status
problem. "After Aliyev refused from the Armenian president’s proposal,
the stance of official Yerevan did not change: the Karabakh conflict
must be solved in a peaceful way", Sharmazanov said and added that no
other processes can be carried out unless Azerbaijan recognizes the
NKR independence.

Moreover, Sharmazanov said the Armenian authorities have already
raised the issue of Karabakh’s participation in the negotiation
process. "No one can determine the fortune of the Karabakh people
without them", he said and added that a decision will be made in this
issue to satisfy both the Karabakh people and the Armenians.