SOLUTION IN UNITY
Azat Artsakh – Republic of Nagorno Karabakh (NKR)
June 21 2004
“Because recently a number of European organizations including the
Minsk Group, of course, pay more attention to the regulation of the
NK question, this conference and the members of parliament who have
arrived from different countries of the world, may essentially favour
the formation of the public opinion on the problem in the international
organizations. This is one of the main ways of favouring the fair
settlement of the problem by the foreign members of parliament
friends of the Armenian nation,” said the speaker of the National
Assembly of NKR to journalists during the Armenian Conference of the
Parliamentarian Friendship. Oleg Yessayan answered a number of other
questions. – Mr. Yessayan, what is your opinion on this undertaking? –
Consistent accomplishment of unity should be a law for a divided
nation. Especially in this stage when Armenia and other young states
face numerous problems therefore further maintenance of unity is
essential to their solution. And one of the main steps to achieve it
is this conference. It is unique in its kind and we hope that this
conference will be accomplished and its further activity will enable
to discuss a number of questions referring Karabakh as well. – In your
opinion can this conference have a positive effect on the favourable
and positive settlement of the Karabakh conflict? – Representatives of
many states which member all the international organizations engaged in
the settlement of the Karabakh issue participate in this conference and
naturally each of them, though imagining the ways of fair settlement
may try to ask the opinion of their colleagues as well. And besides all
the important conditions there is one, no less important problem – the
opinion of the international community. And the members of parliament
of different countries have their big role in its formation. – What
other important steps of the Armenian lobbing can you mention? – I can
mention two important steps. First, we may discuss with our colleagues
from different countries problems concerning further development of the
Karabakh economy. And second, the activity of Armenian parliamentarians
in different international organizations directed at the settlement
of the Karabakh issue within the framework of the political aspect of
the issue. Finally, each of them is member of a different country and
each of them certainly can favour the formation of the approach of the
parliament of his country. – There are rumours that the question of
returning by Karabakh the three adjacent territories to the Republic
of Azerbaijan is discussed. – I have never heard such formulations
and neither participated in such discussions. I do not think that
such discussion ever took place. I also learned about this from
the mass media that allegedly such discussion took place with the
participation of the Karabakh government, but I state officially that
this is disinformation. – And if suppose such a suggestion was made,
I this case what is your position? – If Karabakh considered it absurd
to return five regions for opening of some railroad, why do you think
that it will agree to return three?
CHRISTINE MNATSAKANIAN
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress