Four
interpretations in favor the truthThe representatives of authority / Robert
Kocharian, Vardan Oskanian, Galust Sahakian, Garnik Isagulian etc./ have recently
made some declarations about Karabakh policy of Levon Ter-Petrosian’s administration.
As the nowadays authorities of Armenia don’t shun from using falsifications for
justifying the latest failures of our diplomacy, I import to do some interpretations
which, I think, are necessary for our community. Here there are:1. It is a
falsification that Armenia has ever negotiated or agreed with such solution of
Karabakh issue according to which Karabakh would be considered as a part of Azerbaijan.
And more, Armenia put a veto to the document of such kind of solution in the OSCE
Lisbon conference in 1996. And in 1997, it refused in written form officially
those points of suggested by the cochairmen of Minsk group package version, which
recognized the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, or being Karabakh the part
of Azerbaijan. Vardan Oskanian couldn’t be uninformed about the standpoint of
Armenia because he as the Foreign Minister’s assistant prepared himself the official
answer of Armenia which, by the way, was declassified and published in the press
in 2001. 2. It’s a falsification that Karabakh must be the part of Azerbaijan
according to the stage by stage version suggested by the cochairmen of Minsk group
and accepted by Armenia and Azerbaijan. Just the opposite, the stage by stage
version among the all declassified till today suggestions was the only suggestion
that hadn’t recognize the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan or being Karabakh
the part of Azerbaijan. Just for this obvious advantage Vardan Oskanian was the
most vigorous upholder in 1997 for which we may thank to him. 3. The only
official known document in the history of independent Armenia which considers
Karabakh as the part of Azerbaijan and was accepted officially by Armenia was
the version of "General state" suggested by the cochairmen of Minsk
group. The suggestion recognized Karabakh as the part of Azerbaijan and more,
limited the freedom elements of Karabakh comparing with the package version in
1997. I remember the president of Armenia was Robert Kocharian at that time and
the Foreign Minister was Vardan Oskanian. 4. It’s a falsification that Armenian
diplomacy is in better position nowadays than it was in the past. Azerbaijan officially
declared about its acceptance both the package and stage by stage versions in
1997 but then declared that it didn’t accept any more in 2001. Armenia refused
to recognize the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan in 1997 but it let Karabakh
in the "General state" of Azerbaijan in Kocharian times. Azerbaijan
not only refused it but also produces new demands has never produced before, during
1991-1998: the connection of Meghri with Nakhijevan. That means what Azerbaijan
gave in past doesn’t give any more and what it didn’t want, it wants today. These
facts show unambiguously the present authorities of Armenia have proved their
willingness to give Karabakh to Azerbaijan, while Levon Ter-Petrosian’s administration
has done everything to exclude such thing and more, it has managed to come to
the acceptance of such solution of the counteraction by international community
and Azerbaijan where Armenia avoids recognizing the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
The authorities go to the dishonest propaganda based on falsifications for only
an evident reason: they want to hide from the people the fact that disgorging
the achieved pro-Armenian solution of Ter-Petrosian’s administration, they haven’t
only managed to come to a better solution but also have lost the opportunity of
reviving that solution for Armenia and Karabakh. They have failed in negotiations
finally, have lost the historical appropriateness for establish the victory with
peace agreement and again throw the Armenians into the whirlpool of counteraction
with Azerbaijan. Levon Zourabian
