RA parliament calls to liven Karabakh settlement process

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's parliament opened Thursday discussions of the statement on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.



"The Armenian National Assembly offers the President and government to liven and expand the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process and develop measures to raise public awareness about the problem," said Tigran Torosian, the author of the motion and Speaker of the RA NA.



He said the document offers to brisk up the Armenian policy on Karabakh and elaborate legal acts which will allow ensuring security of Nagorno Karabakh in case of Azerbaijan's aggression.



"The necessity to develop this document was dictated by a number of reasons: recent processes do not inspire optimism; Azerbaijan's warlike statements grow more frequent; hatred against Armenians is propagandized," the Speaker said. "Azerbaijan's undisguised attempts to suppress the peaceful process and to resolve the conflict by use of force as well as blackmail of the OCSE Minsk Group arouse concerns."



Mr Torosian noted that various international organizations make unaddressed remarks to put an end to bellicose statements. "Speaking about Azerbaijan's territorial integrity recently, the OSCE MG Co-chairs seem to have forgotten that two principles lie in the basis of the talks. Meanwhile, the right of Karabakhi people to self-determination is indisputable from the standpoint of international law," he said.



After discussions, the proposals will be adopted as a resulting document of the National Assembly, Novosti Armenia reports.