NKR IS ENTITLED TO INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
PanARMENIAN.Net
17.02.2010 18:45 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ NKR, as a state, is no different from other countries
of the world and has to be acknowledged by the international community,
Heritage parliamentary group secretary Larisa Alaverdyan said.
As she told a news conference in Yerevan, the meeting between
NKR President Bako Sahakyan and OSCE Chairman is a step forward to
Artsakh’s involvement in negotiations, but also a return to the start
of the talks, with Karabakh among negotiating parties.
Larisa Alaverdyan characterized NKR President – OSCE Chairman meeting
as an attempt at dragging out negotiation process.
The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out in
1988, as result of the ethnic cleansing the latter launched in the
final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from
1991 (when the Nagorno Karabakh Republic was proclaimed) to 1994
(when a ceasefire was sealed by Armenia, NKR and Azerbaijan). Most
of Nagorno Karabakh and a security zone consisting of 7 regions is
now under control of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are
holding peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now.
Founded in 2002, Heritage , a National Liberal Party, is national by
its roots, liberal in its economic principle, and an advocate of the
democratic system of governance and due process for its citizens. The
party’s objective is the development of Armenia as a democratic,
lawful, and rights-based country that anchors its domestic and foreign
policies in the nation’s sovereign interest. During the party’s Third
Congress on May 30, 2005, Raffi K. Hovannisian was elected chairman.
The other eight members of the party board were elected by secret vote.