February 10, 2009 - 17:41 AMT
Armenian, NKR, Azeri public should be ready for peace agreement
Some people in Armenia say that normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations will compel Armenia to concessions in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process, Karen Bekaryan, head of European Integration NGO, told a news conference in Yerevan today.

"Addressing the 45th Munich Security Conference, President Sargsyan said that Yerevan will never make unilateral or inadequate concessions. Strangely enough, Turkish FM Ali Babacan did not join the discussion," he said, adding that despite optimistic forecasts, the Armenian-Turkish relations will hardly be normalized in the near future.

Touching on the possibility to resolve the Karabakh conflict this year, Bekaryan said that Armenian, NKR and Azeri public should be ready for a peace agreement. "Otherwise, the problem can cause conflict in three countries," he said.