Today.Az » Politics » Radical movement against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan created in Armenia
31 October 2008 [10:31] - Today.Az
"Armenia must recognize independence of Karabakh within the borders, defined by a ceasefire agreement of 1994 with its further annexation to Armenia", consider members of the new public initiative "Union", created at a press conference in Yerevan on October 30.
The aim of this organization is formation of a public opinion based on the rejection of the territorial concessions to Azerbaijan during the resolution of the Karabakh conflict: involvement of social and political powers, sharing the same approach to the resolution of the conflict; creating a legal package with its further presentation to the Armenian powers about recognition and annexation of "NKR" to Armenia within the borders, fixed by an agreement on ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan of 1994.
"We have already agreed to concessions in 1994 drawing a line between the lands controlled by Armenia and Azerbaijan. Any changes in borders will lead to a new war, as it implies the life and security of each resident of Nagorno Karabakh", noted the member of the public initiative, deputy of Heritage opposition faction Zarui Postanjan.
"The reality is that Nagorno Karabakh has formed as a state and Armenia and Karabakh can not exist without each other. The territory of "NKR" and the security belt around it should be attached a legal status. We must prepare a legal package and attain recognition of Nagorno Karabakh along with the liberated lands by the powers of Armenia and its further annexation to Armenia", added the deputy.
"The territorial concessions in the resolution of the Karabakh problem will lead to the collapse of the whole security system in the said region and a new war with Azerbaijan", considers another participant of the "Union" initiative Alexander Kananyan.
He considers that Russia is strongly interested with the territorial concessions by the Armenian side.
"After the South Ossetian conflict Russia, controlling South Ossetia and Abkhazia, lost the territory of the rest of Georgia. And now attempting to bypass Georgia, thus depriving it of the role of a transit state, Russia intends to create a corridor between Armenia and Turkey and then from Armenia to Azerbaijan. Yet, for all this Russia offers Armenia to cede the liberated lands of Karabakh to Azerbaijan", said Kananyan.
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