KARABAKH PROBLEM CANNOT BE SOLVED WITHOUT KARABAKH PARTICIPATION

PanARMENIAN.Net - «I have always stated that the Karabakh problem cannot be solved without the participation of Nagorno Karabakh,» President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arkady Ghukasian stated at a briefing today. «My stand is: if Azerbaijan comes against NK participation in the conflict settlement, it means Baku is not interested in solving it,» he added. Speaking of compromises, Mr. Ghukasian noted one should not confuse concessions with mutual concessions. Mutual concessions provide for compromises by Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan. However, as Azerbaijan is not going to make concessions, speaking of compromises is meaningless. «I do not think Azerbaijan has nothing to yield. It is necessary to persuade it that it has something to yield and it has to resort to that step. Baku considers that the international community should present Nagorno Karabakh to it on a platter. It is not frivolous,» the NKR President accentuated. In his words, the security of Nagorno Karabakh is first of all the determination of its status. The question of security cannot be solved without the solution of the issue of the status. «We have stated many times we come for the package option of settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. All issues should be solved simultaneously,» he said. «Today Azerbaijan speaks of restoration of the status quo of 1988, however it is senseless, as the USSR does not exist any more,» Arkady Ghukasian summed up.