Karabakh Acknowledgment

ARMENIA CAN ACKNOWLEDGE NAGORNY KARABAKH

Source: Vremya novostei, November 25, 2005, p. 1

Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
November 28, 2005, Monday

Armenian President Robert Kocheryan does not rule out, that the official Yerevan will acknowledge the self-proclaimed republic Nagorny Krabakh, if the negotiations with Baku will be at an impasse, as INTERFAX says. "If the negotiations with Azerbaijan exhaust themselves, without any results, I do not rule out the possibility of acknowledging the republic of Nagorny Karabkh or its joining Armenia," said the president on Thursday, on the Public Television of Armenia. According to the president, the actual acknowledgement of Nagorny Karabakh took place long ago. "Currently, Nagorny Karabakh uses Armenian currency, dram. We have a single customs zone," remarked Kocharyan.

Translated by Alexandra Zaitseva