Armenia should have started Karabakh recognition process long time ago
– former Karabakh FM
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October 27, 2012 | 12:53
YEREVAN. – Armenia should have started the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s
(NKR) independence recognition process a long time ago, NKR former FM
Arman Melikyan stated during a press conference on Saturday.
`This will apply some pressure on the Azerbaijani party. This is not a
comprehensive recognition, but it is an alarm to the Azerbaijani party
that the [NKR recognition] process has commenced, [and] consequently,
Azerbaijan needs to make certain revisions in [its] political
approach,’ Melikyan proposed.
Also, he noted that he does not expect too much from the Armenian and
Azerbaijani FMs’ meeting, which is expected to be held Saturday in
Paris. As per Melikyan, this talk will be primarily devoted to
surmounting the situation that has been created following the release
of Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani army officer who had killed with an
axe Armenian soldier Gurgen Margaryan in Budapest.
`I don’t think that by jumping into the arms of Russia and receiving
the liberated territories, or NK, Azerbaijan will not attempt to cut
itself from Russia again. This is apparent. Azerbaijan has very
serious short-term problems to resolve with the Russians, and its
interest in the Russians ends with that. [And] Our task is not to
allow these short-term Russian-Azerbaijani cooperation plans to impair
our interests,’ Arman Melikyan added.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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