ARMENIA HAS TO ADOPT AN AGGRESSIVE STANCE ON KARABAKH ISSUE, SAYS POLITICAL SCIENTIST
The passing year proved fruitless in sense of peace negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh, and the meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Saint Petersburg was a proof of the stalemate in the peace process, stated yesterday at "Pastark" ("Argument") discussion club political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazarian, summarizing the progress of the process on Karabakh in 2007. He expressed confidence that the warlike declarations of the Azerbaijani authorities are based upon the swiftly growing military budget, and Armenia's passive stance is caused by the neutrality and complementariness of its foreign policy.
"Our foreign policy must change with the new President, and Armenia must shift from a defensive to an aggressive stance on Nagorno-Karabakh," stated Mr. Melik-Shahnazarian, adding that the defensive position of Armenia has exhausted itself.
To Levon Melik-Shahnazarian's opinion, the people of Armenia is able to elect a President who can take care about the national interests of his country and represent the Karabakh issue in a due manner. "All of the candidates seem to have certain national ideology, except Levon Ter-Petrosian, who has proved with his whole activity and is now stating that the democratic values and human rights are more important to him than the rights and the interests if his nation," he said.
The aggressive policy, in the opinion of Melik-Shahnazarian, does not imply making warlike statements in the manner of Azerbaijan, but posing certain conditions and making certain demands.
"For example, we have the right to claim a place for Nagorno-Karabakh Republic representative in the UN, even without a right of vote. Let us not forget that the UN is an organization of united nations, not states. We can demand the statehood of NKR to be recognized officially. Artsakh must become a part of the conflict," said the political scientist.
Melik-Shahnazarian added that the negotiations on Karabakh will be much calmer in 2008, than during the previous years. He assured that the possibility of a new war is ridiculously low, as none of the major states is interested in a war in South Caucasus.
- By G. Gevorgian, translated by A.M.
Discussion
MIHRAN wrote:
If Armenia adopted a rigid foreign policy it's the result of common sence .
Ter Pedrossian's reconciliatory foreign policy failure,fully justifies kotcharian's and eventually Sarkisian's ballanced/rigid foreign policy.
Furthermore Turkey promisses to continue it's hostile policies in regard to Artsakh and the Genocide.untill Armenia capitulates under Turkish pressure.
Mihran
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