Any attempts to return Nagorno Karabakh Republic to past
fraught with new escalation of conflict
17-07-2009 17:00:00 | Armenia | Politics
STEPANAKERT, JULY 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Due to the recent
developments around the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict settlement,
the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a statement on July 15,
which read:
"The NKR stance on the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict
settlement is stable. It is impossible to achieve the conflict
settlement, ignoring the existing reality. Any attempts to
return the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to the past are not only
counterproductive, but are also fraught with new escalation of
the conflict. Real progress at the negotiations is possible only
under the Karabakh party's equal participation in all the stages
of the negotiation process. No agreement regarding the
interests, fate, and future of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic can
be adopted without the participation of its people and
leadership, which bears the principal responsibility for it.
We hope that all the actors interested in the peaceful
settlement will prevent any violation of the status quo in the
region caused by the intensification of the negotiation process
on the basis of the current settlement wording.
Proceeding from the above mentioned, we consider it required
to reset the distorted negotiation process, to return the NKR to
the negotiation table as an equal party to the negotiation
process, and to transform the basic principles of the
settlement."