KOCHARIAN: TALKS ON KARABAKH ACTIVATE AND THERE IS SLIGHT HOPE FOR EFFECT

PanARMENIAN.Net - At present the negotiation process over Nagorno Karabakh has activated and there is a slight hope for an effect, Armenian President Robert Kocharian stated in an interview with the Golos Armenii newspaper. At the same time R. Kocharian noted that "there is no practical solution of the Nagorno Karabakh problem yet, the talk will concern the stalemate in the negotiation process." "The world experience shows that such conflicts do not solve soon," the Armenian President considers. Touching upon the issue of participation of Nagorno Karabakh in the talks R. Kocharian said that NKR participation in the negotiations is taken incorrectly. "The negotiation process is much wider than the meetings of the Armenian and Azeri Presidents. These implies OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs' systematic visits to the region, their meetings with Nagorno Karabakh leaders," he noted. "At the meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan I represent the interests of Nagorno Karabakh as well," the Armenian leader noted. At that R. Kocharian added that he will also work for involvement of Nagorno Karabakh into the format of those meeting. "I think we will succeed in it. More active involvement of the NKR into the process will undoubtedly increase the settlement chances," the President noted. At the same time R. Kocharian stated with regret that "Armenian-phobia in Azerbaijan is state policy." Speaking of the preservation of the military and economic parity with Azerbaijan, the President noted that the economic potential in the contemporary world is determined "not by the barrels of oil produced, by effective economy and Armenia undoubtedly surpasses Azerbaijan here."