SOCIAL DEMOCRAT HNCHAK PARTY SAYS ANY FORCED DECISION OVER KARABAKH WILL LEAD TO WAR
Noyan Tapan
23.06.2011
(Noyan Tapan – 23.06.2011) Social Democrat Hnchak Party has issued
a statement ahead of the June 24 Kazan meeting of the Armenian and
Azerbaijani presidents who are set to discuss the Karabakh conflict
settlement. The statement says:
“Tomorrow, on June 24, the usual meeting of the presidents of Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Russia is expected to take place in Kazan. Before
the meeting some International Political Bodies make declarations
which worry Hnchak Party. We declare the following in consent to the
international forces which are interested in this:
Any attempt of a forced decision will lead to a war in Karabakh. Peace
cannot be imposed at the expense of depriving (the people of Karabakh
of their homeland and their right to decide their own fate.
When speaking about compromises you should not only speak about the
liberated districts, but also Shahumyan and other Armenian lands
occupied by Azerbaijan.
The return of refugees implies mutual action. If the Azerbaijanis
announce about their refugees, then who were hundreds of thousands
Armenians leaving their houses and property to the enemy and
hardly escaping from Baku, Sumgait, Gandzak, Shahumian, Getashen
and Martunashen?
The deployment of peacekeeping troops would only endanger “our
country’s” sovereignty. Armenian and Karabakh forces are completely
able to protect their countries.
Azerbaijan continuously threatens with a war, by this step ignoring the
claims of the international organizations. The Armenian authorities
answer with calls for peace and tolerance the times of which are
already up. In case of any aggressive action Armenia and Azerbaijan
are ready to give the enemy an appropriate counterblast after which
Azerbaijan will speak about other “occupied” territories for several
decades.
A new generation grows in Artsakh and Armenia. They will never and
never accept the policy of making concessions to the enemy. We should
be more consolidated, leave the inner political problems aside in
order to resist the possible and more powerful challenges”.