KARABAKH IS ARMENIAN LAND
YEREVAN, MARCH 13. ARMINFO. Armenia will not cede Azerbaijan any
territory even under the threat of a new war. Armenia will consider
the question of territories and security of refugees only when
Azerbaijan has recognized the right of the people of Karabakh for
self-determination, said in an interview to the on-line version of
‘Azg’ newspaper Vardan Oskanian, the Foreign Minister of Armenia.
‘Karabakh is Armenian land. For thousands of years only Armenians
have lived there and preserved their sovereignty. One thing cannot be
doubted: Karabakh has never been a part of Azerbaijan and will never
be. The Armenians have no territorial claims beyond their historical
rights,’ said the Minister and added that Azerbaijan has no right for
Karabakh, as it lost that land in 1990’s and was trying to ravage it
by military force. ‘If the Armenian did not fight, there would be no
Karabakh today,’ he said.
Mr. Oskanian said that the authorities of Armenia will consider the
possibility of rendering aid to Azeri refugees from Armenia only
when Azerbaijan will be ready to pay compensations to those 350-400
thousand Armenians expelled from the territory of Azerbaijan.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress