Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
May 30 2008
Armenian deputy Larisa Alaverdyan: "Armenia has been losing
information war with Azerbaijan since 1996"
30 May 2008 [11:12] – Today.Az
Armenia has been losing information war with Azerbaijan beginning from
1996, said deputy of the Heritage parliamentary faction of the
Armenian National Assembly Larisa Alaverdyan.
She said the concept of self-determination of Nagorno Karabakh as
part of Azerbaijan has existed in the talks on the resolution of
Nagorno Karabakh conflict since formation of the OSCE Minsk Group.
"Nagorno Karabakh obtained the right for self-determination in 1918
beyond any dependence on Azerbaijan and preserved this right through
the whole period of the USSR. Following USSR collapse, the Nagorno
Karabakh residents won this right by the cost of great losses. In
these conditions, the aforementioned concept is undoubtedly losing for
Armenia", noted she.
The deputy also considers that the issue of strategy on "Nagorno
Karabakh" is not exhausted today, as the composition of Armenia’s
political elite, defining the country’s policy on "Nagorno Karabakh"
has almost not changed since 1996.
The deputy stressed that no cardinal steps for definition of the so
called "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" had been made through the past ten
years.
She said this is because Armenian political figures, who make
declarations on Nagorno Karabakh, including abroad, are not also
competent. "Therefore, miscalculations often occur in conditions of
unstable political situation, which is in favor of our opponent", said
Alaverdyan.
Moreover, she said the dominant of Azerbaijan’s position in the
international arena, infringes even on Armenia. "I am obliged to state
with anxiety that the present-day generation of Armenian political
scientists uses the concepts on Karabakh, of which Azerbaijani side
take advantage", noted Alaverdyan.
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