YerevanReport.com, Armenia
Sept 3 2010
Sahakian Criticizes Azerbaijani `Radical Politics’
Sep 3rd, 2010 | Category: Lead Article
By Victoria Vardanyan
YEREVAN, September 3 – `We will do everything in the name of
independence as the ultimate goal, and this work of serving the
country will lead us to the recognition of the independence by the
international community,’ the president of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh
Republic) Bako Sahakian told journalists on Thursday.
`On September 2, 1991, our nation made a decision of independence, on
December 10 the same year a national referendum approved it, and the
adoption of the Constitution in 2006, reaffirmed it,’ he said.
`The independence has an exceptional value for our nation, which was
founded and acquired, primarily due to the conscious self-sacrifice of
thousands of our brave ones. And we consider it our duty to remember
them and as gratitude for their heroism and sacrifice we are trying to
create conditions in order to reassert the independence gained by the
sacrifice. `
Commenting on the recent initiative of Azerbaijan to the UN, Sahakian
said, `Yes, Azerbaijan is making such attempts, and it is not his
first attempt. Over the years they have repeatedly made various
statements to the effect that the work of the Minsk Group did not work
out and tried to postpone the issue in other international forums,
particularly in the UN.
`We are deeply convinced that such an attempt could not be effective
not only for Azerbaijan but also for the process to solve this problem
because, in our view, the main difficulties and the fact that we
cannot achieve more significant results in the Armenia and Azerbaijan
negotiation processes is associated with radical politics of the
Azerbaijani government,’ Sahakian said.
`Azerbaijan must demonstrate a constructive approach that will
certainly help resolve the problem peacefully,’ he said.
Arstakh celebrated its Independence Day on September 2. The
independence of Artsakh has not been formally recognized by any state,
including Armenia.
From: A. Papazian