NKR PRESIDENT AGAINST LABELING

PanARMENIAN.Net - The coming parliamentary election in Nagorno Karabakh is a step that will convince the international community the NK has a right for independence, President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arkady Ghukasian stated at a briefing today. Our duty is to organize exemplary, transparent election, which will be of a pivotal importance to Nagorno Karabakh,» he noted. Speaking of the situation at the contact line between the Armed Forces of the NKR and Azerbaijan, Arkady Ghukasian noted that the Azeri party is trying to advance its positions, however it does not pose a serious threat. «We are always ready to it and in many cases we did not allow Azerbaijan to advance its positions,» the NKR President added. In his words, the Karabakh party has addressed the OSCE MG Co-Chairs many times asking to fix the front line in a way to be able to determine those guilty from both sides. In Mr. Ghukasian's words, today the OSCE tries to equally blame both parties. «I think the principle of equal division of the guilt being still available is incorrect,» he noted.

Answering the question on changing, specifically «mitigating» Armenia's stand in the solution of the Karabakh issue, Ghukasian said he was sure that Armenia's stand had not changed. «Speaking of defeatist policy of Armenia is incorrect. That policy is no more defeatist than that of Azerbaijan. I am against labeling. This also applies to the incumbent and past authorities. Each political force has a right for its own stand over diverse issues,» Arkady Ghukasian added.