SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT IS NOT VISIBLE YET, VAZGEN MANUKIAN CONSIDERS
Noyan Tapan
Feb 20 2007
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. If even it hadn’t been for the
Nagorno Karabakh movement, all the same a question to get rid of
Armenians would have been raised in Azerbaijan after the collapse of
the Soviet Union, as the Azerbaijanis would never let the economic
levers be in the hands of Armenians. RA MP Vazgen Manukian, Chairman
of National Democratic Union Party, declared this at the February 20
press conference.
Nevertheless, in V. Manukian’s words, conflicts between nations took
place in many countries of Soviet Union, from which Armenians also
suffered. In his words, these conflicts were provocations organized
by central authorities, into which Armenia was not involved, as at
that time the Armenian people was jointly striving for achieving
settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
However, in V. Manukian’s words, "people’s inspiration was not used
rightly: and "today we have a situation when a group neglecting the
state and the people abuses people’s trust like a leech."
Touching upon the Nagorno Karabakh settlement, the NDP leader said
that the settlement of conflict is not visible yet. "Now the time
works in favor of Azerbaijan, while the current Armenian authorities
can make time work in favor of us," V. Manukian said adding that for
achieving this Armenia should develop at a rapid pace and should find
allies all over the world.