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Levon Ter-Petrossian: There is an abyss between the development of Azerbaijan and Armenia

27 October 2007 11:00 (UTC +04:00)

He added that current efforts to keep the status quo is a correct course theoretically because the world community will sooner or late get fed up with the situation and recognize the independence of Nagorno Karabakh and there is such a precedent in the world practice.
He said that this planned approach go right in the case of equal balance of forces while there is a abyss (abysmal difference) between the development level of Azerbaijan and Armenia.
â€œWe should move to the philosophy of solution from the philosophy of status quo. We shouldnâ€™t be afraid of a compromise because it is the only way leading to the effective settlement of the conflict,â€ he added.
The First President of Armenia noted that for him Karabakh issue has always been a matter of human rights but not the problem of land or territory.
â€œ150,000 people aspire to live in freedom, pride and welfare. The world community sees 150,000 people of Karabakh as a statistical factor or national minority. However, Karabakh is not an ethnical unit and not the Convention on National Minorities but the principles of Self-Determination should apply to this problem,â€ he said.
Levon Ter-Petrossian added that the problem is not that there is a religious antagonism or non-possibility of coexistence between Armenians and Azerbaijanis but the problem is that Azerbaijan will not be able to provide security and welfare to the people of Karabakh. /APA/