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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 29, ARMENPRESS: If any political force undertakes steps promoting the international recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the RA authorities are ready to discuss and implement them, spokesman for the Republican Party of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov said today at briefing in the NA, adding that they stand ready to hold discussions over the all-national issues with any political force.
“There is no Armenian in the world that will be against the recognition of the NKR. It is just necessary to find best way of it. We will never make such a step that will be inappropriate and will impede the negotiations and our work directed toward the international recognition of Artsakh,” Eduard Sharmazanov said, referring to the bill on recognition of the NKR the voting of which has been delayed till December 9 after the OSCE summit in December.
Eduard Sharmazanov pointed out that de facto today the NKR is independent and will never be part of Azerbaijan. According to the parliamentarian, many things depend on two circumstances – first Azerbaijan must demonstrate a constructive position and understand that the wishes it is voicing every time will never become a reality and the second one is a direct participation of Nagorno Karabakh in negotiations, “as no other state has authorities to make decisions instead of NKR”.
Head of the ARF faction Vahan Hovhannissyan said not a desperate but “not pleasant” situation has been created over the bill. “I think that during the OSCE summit no serious progress will be registered in the NK issue. Other options are necessary to find for the NKR recognition bill,” Vahan Hovhannissyan said.
Member of the “Heritage” faction Armen Martirosyan said the postponement of the voting does not contradict the interests of political forces. “We will wait till the OSCE Summit after which will put the issue for voting,” Martirosyan said.