NKR IS LOYAL TO ITS PRINCIPLES SINCE 1994
Norayr Hovsepyan
Azat Artsakh Daily
14 Aug 08
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
On August 11th in the axis of briefing, convened by the chairman of
permenant commission of NKR National Assembly’s foreign relations
Vahram Atanesyan, were the tendencies noticed recently in the process
of Karabakh conflict settlement and new developments taken place in
the South Caucasus.
The reality "As we know, the last meeting in Moscow of Armenian
and Azerbaijanian ministers of Foreign Affairs either the negotiating
parties or negotiatiors have estimated constructive",- Vahram Atanesyan
touched upon last developments of the process of regulation, seeing
nothing strange in a number of publications about them found place in
the press.An interview of the american co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group
given to "Interfax" agency, stands out from this generality. Unlike
other co-chairs’ united, careful statements, Mathew Bryza has
expressed personal viewpoint in the interview given to "Interfax", that
Nagorno-Karabakh itself will decide its future fate. This statement
logically contradicting preaching policy of Azerbaijan, has found a
wide response not only in Azerbaijan, but in Armenia and NKR.But it was
only the beginning: some times later the same Mathew Bryza in exclusive
interview given to azerbaijanian service of BBC radio station, tries
with=2 0diplomatic uncertain formulations to allay the above-mentioned
accentuations of his interview given to "Interfax". Such denouement
the chairman of permenant commission of NKR National Assembly’s
foreign relations considers inadmissible. "Co-chairs should be sincere
with the parties and they should construct their accentuations and
stresses proceeding from the realities of negotiating process.: other
approach, which can proceed from innerpolitical situation of one of the
negotiating parties, we consider inadmissible and inappropriate towards
negotiators’ attitude,-finds out V.Atanesyan,- it’s not a criticism,
but only natural desire. …By our conviction, in the interview given
to azerbaijanian service of BBC radio station, the american co-chair
has guided by immediation of not straining the innerpolitical situation
in Azerbaijan on the eve of presidential elections". "I think it’s
time, that the co-chairmanship of MG performs at diplomatic official
higher level, than it has been till today.Such opinion has been
expressed also by the international crisis group",-added V.Atanesyan.
NKR hasn’t changed its postion And it’s not all yet: such statements
done at different levels create the wrong picture, that karabakhian
side is agree, that after abolishment of after-effects of the
conflict’s armed stage, within some prelonged period of time th e
status of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will be determined by referendum.
"This impression doesn’t conform to the reality,-V.Atanesyan formulated
distinctly.- Nagorno-Karabakh many times has declared at the highest
level, that Karabakh has been interested in the question of abolishment
of armed stage’s after-effects of azerbaijan-karabakhian conflict so
far as Azerbaijan will show interest in the question of recognizing
NKR and establishing bilateral relations with it" .Any development
out of this context the public speaker considers incompatible with
NKR safety. "It’s official position of NKR…If Azerbaijan is ready
to recognize NKR, so NKR in its turn is ready to take into discussion
the whole complex of questions exciting Azerbaijan". The conclusion
– from here: "If negotiations are conducted in the direction not
corresponding to the situation, so one of the negotiating parties is
competent to consider them out of its interests". And such approach
has sufficient basis: "NKR is a side of full value of ceasefire
established in May,1994, bears direct responsibility in the question
of keeping forces’ balance in the territory, and it’s impossible to
put this balance of forces to the change,- V.Atanesyan summed up the
question, emphasizing the international recognition of NKR as its
main problem. – This is our official position since 1994: it hasn’t
been changed an d can’t be changed". The next, may be unwarranted
evidence Naturally, the chairman of permenant commission of NKR NA’s
foreign relations also touched upon the situation created last days
in South Ossetia. "Georgian authorities tried to solve the problem
by power variant: today we can say, that this trial was failed",-
V.Atanesyan commented so the reality. In the result South Ossetia
incurred human and material great losses, positions of Georgia were
also damaged. Of all these a lesson is one: power variant of conflict
regulation has been convicted from the first, and the above-mentioned
is the next evidence of it.
At the end of the meeting V.Atanesyan answered the journalists’
questions.