Republic of Artsakh has long ago determined its future

PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan's Armenian refugees not only correspond to definition of international law on refugees. They are refugees who were forcibly deported, Heritage secretary, parliamentarian Larisa Alaverdyan said.



As she told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, in spite of 20 years which passed since Baku events, many issues remained unresolved.



Touching upon Karabakh conflict settlement, Alaverdyan noted that in the course of conflict settlement, Armenia should first of all act not as a negotiating party, but rather as a supporter to negotiating party, i.e. NKR. At the same time she stressed that issues like forcible resettlement, compensation and restoration of rights were never adequately reflected in the context of negotiations.



"Karabakh issue isn't NKR's but rather Azerbaijan's, which can't reconcile with the fact it is no longer allowed to appropriate and annex territories which do not belong to it," Alaverdyan noted, adding that Azerbaijan's impunity after annexation of Nkhichevan which did not belong to it, allowed Azerbaijan to repeat the same actions where NKR was concerned.



"Azerbaijan has long lost its rights to participate in Karabakh conflict settlement negotiations as a full fledged negotiating party. Baku is the one to create the main problem with conflict settlement," she emphasized. At the same time, she noted that RA-Turkey rapprochement process should have no influence on international recognition of Karabakh. "NKR's development course aimed at establishment of democratic state has long been determined," Larisa Alaerdyan concluded.