SAMVEL BABAYAN WILL NOT RETURN TO KARABAKH
Do you intend to return to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic after the recent elections?
Neither the former nor the acting NKR authorities ban my activity in the country. I can say one thing for sure. All issues are settled in Yerevan, therefore I am here.
And what about Karabakh’s political life?
I wouldn’t like to speak of it. I don’t want to dwell on the country’s interior problems. I am not concerned over their affairs. People should present their demands to the authorities they have elected. I don’t want to intervene in their business.
More people lived in Karabakh in 1996-97. Today it is vital to preserve the population and to populate the liberated territories. Don’t you see any menace in this context?
I really see a great menace. I have noted it many times. It is the core issue of my programme. Special attention should be attached to the librated territories.
How would you assess RA authorities’ stance towards the Karabakh issue?
Is anybody aware of their stance? The negotiations are confidential, and nobody knows anything.
But the Co-Chairs occasionally refer to certain details.
Afterwards the authorities refute their statements. The authorities of the two countries say different things in view of the talks. I cannot say anything unless I get acquainted with the document. Unlike the Armenian authorities, we have presented the Karabakh conflict resolution in written form. So far we have found no feedback - neither positive, nor negative. We shall support the candidate endorsing our programme.
During Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s office at least seven people were aware of the negotiations while today only 2-3 know. Don’t you think the ignorance of the public, political forces and parliament might be fatal?
I don’t possess any figures. The document is still under consideration. As soon as Karabakh is engaged into the negotiations, the country will say the last word. The country may even turn it down the way it did in 1997.
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