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11 May 2010 - 10:49 AMT

Ashot Manucharyan: war in Karabakh possible theoretically, impossible in practice

A new war in Karabakh is possible theoretically but impossible in practice, according to Ashot Manucharyan, former national security advisor to the first President of Armenia.

“In response to proclamation of Nagorno Karabakh Republic, Azeri authorities launched a racist war against the Armenian population in NKR and Azerbaijan. So, Baku should hold talks on territorial concessions not with Armenia but with Armenians expelled from Azerbaijan,” he said.

“Both in Armenia and Azerbaijan the power is in the hands of several people. Such governing philosophy produced the following result: Baku threatens while Yerevan ignores the threats,” Manucharyan concluded.