KIRO MANOYAN IS AT VARIANCE WITH SERGE SARGSYAN
A1+
[07:25 pm] 08 October, 2007
Kiro Manoyan, the Head of the Hay Dat and Political Affairs of the
ARF Bureau, is not surprised at the RA authorities’ announcement to
surrender territories.
Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan has stated in Moscow that the Karabakh
conflict will be resolved in case Azerbaijan recognizes Karabakh’s
right for self-determination and Armenia recognizes Azerbaijan’s
territorial integrity.
"Artsakh is not part of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. We
haven’t got occupied territories. We have liberated territories. The
territories belong to Artsakh. Azerbaijan’s borders have not been
defined which serves a perfect legal ground. Administrative borders of
an empire are not sufficient ground to recognise a state’s territorial
integrity. The Nations League considered Azerbaijan’s territorial
integrity and did not recognize it because of a heated territorial
dispute-the Karabakh issue," Kiro Manoyan says.
In reply to A1+’s question regarding the liberated territories,
Kiro Manoyan said, "No president will surrender the liberated
territories. The resolution of the Artsakh issue should be based on
a referendum."
Even international organizations do not recognize Azerbaijan’s
territorial integrity because of the dispute over Karabakh. If they
said they didn’t recognize the territorial integrity, it would mean
that they recognized the independence of Karabakh.
Armenia doesn’t say that we recognize the territorial integrity. The
Karabakh issue is the core issue," Kiro Manoyan said.