NO PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED WITHOUT PEOPLE AND AUTHORITIES OF NAGORNY
KARABAKH: ARKADY GHOUKASSIAN
YEREVAN, JANUARY 28. ARMINFO. No problem can be solved without the
people and authorities of Nagorny Karabakh. President of
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Arkady Ghoukassian told journalists in
Yerevan, Friday.
Answering the question on the different variants of settlement of the
conflict, the president reminded that the NKR authorities have
declared more than one that the phased approach is illogical, “as it
is not clear what do we expect in future”. “We have always advocated
the package version, though we don’t exclude settlement of several
problems step by step. But only few problems, the president
stressed. As regards the initiative of “phased package”, Arkady
Ghoukassian mentioned that is an abstract concept, and that’s why “at
the negotiations table we must make clear what does it
mean”. Answering the question may be this initiative supposes, first
of all, clarification of the status of Nagorny Karabakh, the president
mentioned it would be the most local approach. It is necessary to
begin from the reason, and not the consequences of the conflict,
Arkady Ghoukassian stressed. Because the conflict was then when there
were neither refugees yet, nor <occupied territories>, he
reminded. “Solving the problem of the status, we shall simplify
resolution to the remaining problems”, the president mentioned.
As regards the informations of the Azerbaijani side on the exchange of
fire, the president mentioned, unfortunately, exchange of fire take
place quite often. “As a rule, just the Azerbaijani side violates the
agreement on cease-fire. But the matter concerns local
skirmish. There are not any active military operations here, and
nothing serious takes place on the border”, Arkady Ghoukassian
informed.