Karabakh resolution should proceed from interests of Armenian people

PanARMENIAN.Net - Resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict should proceed from interests of Armenian people, said Vahram Atanesyan, chairman of the NKR parliamentary committee on external relations.



"As to the 'Meghri plan', I do doubt the authenticity of the document published by Haykakan Zhamanak. Armenia's Foreign Minister has already commented on the situation. As far as I know, the Azeri side also denies the authenticity of the above-mentioned 'agreement.' I can't say whether such a variant was discussed with Karabakhi leadership. Anyway, it has never been under discussion since 2000," he said, KarabakhOpen reports.



As Armenia's Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian told reporters, the idea to exchange Meghri for Karabakh was introduced by U.S. political scientist Paul Goble in early 1900-ies but it has never been a topic of discussion. "There was some talk about what Ter-Petrosyan is telling now but no one has dared to touch on the issue since 2000, when it was decisively repulsed. It was not the mediators' proposal. Being a negotiator I have never discussed this document," Mr Oskanian said.



It's worth reminding that the package version provided for recognition of Karabakh as an Azeri autonomy with its own hymn and flag. The people of Karabakh were supposed to have Azeri passports and participate in Azeri elections. Then-President Levon Ter-Petrosyan did not sign the document but agreed to a stepwise variant which read that the regions of NKR security belt will be returned to Azerbaijan without determination of Karabakh's status.