November 26, 2004 - 22:45 AMT
ARMENIA SHOULD RECOGNIZE NAGORNO KARABAKH INDEPENDENCE, ARMENIAN OPPOSITION REPRESENTATIVES CONSIDER

"During private conversations European officials often ask me whether Armenia recognized the independence of Nagorno Karabakh… If we ourselves have not recognized Artsakh's independence yet, so what can we demand from others?" parliamentarian of Justice opposition bloc Shavarsh Kocharian stated during the round-table discussion on Karabakh on November 26. Another representative of the bloc, chairman of the Democratic Party Aram G. Sargsian presented his own conception of Armenian policy on the Karabakh issue. The constituent part of the plan is the recognition of the independence of Nagorno Karabakh by the Armenian National Assembly.