L. NARUSOVA: I AM HAPPY TO VISIT ARTSAKH
Laura Grigorian
Azat Artsakh Daily, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
04 June 07
Lyudmila Narusova, member of the Russian Council of Federation, chair
of the Information Policy Committee and Anatoly Sobchak Foundation,
professor at Moscow State University visited Nagorno-Karabakh. On
May 31 the public and political activist met with the professors
and students of Artsakh State University. Speaker Ashot Ghulian and
the first deputy chair of the Russian-Armenian Business Cooperation
Association Varuzhan Badalian were also present.
Addressing the event, Speaker Ghulian introduced the guest, enumerating
the posts she has occupied. He welcomed the guest in the name of the
NKR government and said she is known in Artsakh, since her husband
Anatoly Sobchak, famous Russian public and political activist, was a
friend of our country and the people of Karabakh remember him. "I am
happy to visit Artsakh, I am much happier to meet with the students
of Artsakh State University," said Lyudmila Narusova and thanked the
University for their warm welcome. According to Narusova, she first
learned about Karabakh 20 years ago when she visited Artsakh with
her husband and Galina Staravoytova and participated in the Karabakh
movement. She recalls with pride that during the discussion of the
NKAR’s representation in the meeting of the USSR People’s Deputies
Anatoly Sobchak expressed readiness to provide his mandate to the
representative of Karabakh. She asserted that she is full of sympathy
for the people of Artsakh and understands their righteous claim and
the right for self-determination. Lyudmila Narusova also touched upon
the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. According to her, the problem
will not be resolved in the upcoming 2 or 3 years. A compromise is
possible but it cannot bring about losses. And the issue must be
resolved through the talks. The guest was also interested in the
education system of Armenia.
She appreciated the high level of knowledge of Russian in Karabakh
and said the Russian school is necessary in Stepanakert. She discussed
it during the meeting with NKR President Arkady Ghukasian as well.