ROBERT KOCHARYAN: ARMENIA MAY RECOGNIZE NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Regnum
March 20 2008
Russia
If Baku continues implementing its current policy, Yerevan will
respond by recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and sign with
it agreements, particularly, in the defense field. Acting president
of Armenia Robert Kocharyan made the statement while talking to
journalists on March 20.
REGNUM correspondent quotes Kocharyan to say that present activity
of Azerbaijan in international organizations is due to the Kosovo
problem. In particular, Azerbaijan is aiming to create a balance
to the Kosovo precedent and demonstrate that Kosovo cannot be a
precedent for Karabakh. "The NKR has more rights for independence than
Kosovo," Kocharyan stressed, detailing that Karabakh, among other
accomplishments, has state organizations, independently guards its
borders, and has earlier than Kosovo started the process of gaining
independence.
Speaking of the Baku’s initiative to dissolve the OSCE Minsk Group,
the Armenia’s head of state has said the group is the best existing
peace and negotiation-facilitating format, as for the moment. "If
the Azerbaijani side is not happy with the format, it does not mean
that we have to destroy it. If they do not want to negotiate, they
are free not to do it," the Armenian head of state noted. He has
added that Baku should rather think of the future and of who will be
responsible for the further developments, if its scenario is chosen.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
