ARMENIAN PRESIDENT: IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FORCE KARABAKH TO RENOUNCE INDEPENDENCE

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 5, 2011 – 16:33 AMT 11:33 GMT

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated that it is impossible to
force Nagorno Karabakh to renounce independence.

“The people of Nagorno Karabakh, who have exercised their right to
self-determination since the collapse of the Soviet Union, cannot have
future as part of Azerbaijan. They have protected their fatherland in
the cruel war unleashed against them, and it is impossible to force
Karabakh to renounce independence,” Sargsyan told a press conference
during his visit to Serbia.

Sargsyan and his Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic agreed that there
is no alternative to a peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict,
while threats and use of force are unacceptable.

According to Sargsyan, the Serbian President has displayed the same
approach towards Kosovo, saying that Serbia will never recognize
Kosovo but will refrain from hostilities.

From: A. Papazian