No Settlement Document Will Be Signed Without NKR Agreement

PanARMENIAN.Net - At present a shift is noted for the Nagorno Karabakh Republic to become party to the talks, Chair of Parliament Standing Commission on Foreign Relations Armen Rustamyan stated at a news conference in Yerevan. In his words, the issue is always on the bargaining table. "There are no cases in international practice when an interested party to the conflict does not take part in the talks. As for statements that the NKR participated in the talks before 1998, I should remind that at that time NKR President and Shushi Administration Head Nizami Bakhmanov took part in the talks and their participation was not equivalent. I hope that the OSCE MG will not object to NKR involvement in direct talks with Azerbaijan and will do their best to that end,» Rustamyan underscored, adding that no settlement document will be signed without NKR agreement.



At that head of the Parliament Commission noted that the referendum in NKR, like those in other unrecognized republics of the former USSR, is very important to the international community. «It is the will of the people, which cannot be ignored. It is reflected in the Helsinki Final Act of 1975. Returning to the principle of territorial integrity I will remark that for observing it the USSR needs to be restored, as the borders of all states, in whose territories conflicts are available, were determined by administrative division of the USSR. Thus, if that state does not exist, the borders become invalid,» the MP said.