INDEED LIBERATED TERRITORIES BELONG TO ARMENIANS OF AZERBAIJAN, ARMAN MELIKIAN CONSIDERS
Noyan Tapan
Dec 4, 2008
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. According to Artsakh war Commander
Arkady Ter-Tadevosian ("Komandos"), one of the mistakes committed in
the past did a considerable harm to the Armenian side in the Nagorno
Karabakh negotiations, and that mistake is Armenian armed forces’
entering Kelbajar. Therefore, as he stated at the December 4 press
conference, Armenia and Azerbaijan and not Artsakh and Azerbaijan have
been recognized as negotiations sides. As to the Moscow Declaration,
the provision on solving the problem politically, according to
A. Ter-Tadevosian, does not mean at all that Azerbaijan will refrain
from military operations. According to him, no document, declaration or
agreement can restrain that country’s military, aggressive ambitions.
Former NKR Foreign Minister Arman Melikian, in his turn, said
that Azeri press and President Ilham Aliyev very skilfully use the
circumstance that no Karabakh representative has signed under the
Declaration. Touching upon the subject of liberated territories,
the former Minister said that as long as the international community
"incites Armenia to make concessions the Armenian side will be
defeated." "Instead of making concessions, as A. Melikian proposed, the
sides should adapt themselves to the current situation and establish
friendly relations with each other. "Indeed these liberated territories
belong to the Armenians of Azerbaijan," the speaker said.