September 6, 2005 - 11:55 AMT
BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN IS PROSPECT OF ESTABLISHMENT OF PEACE TO ARMENIA
«We are sure that Azerbaijan will not manage to introduce military imbalance to the region,» Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian stated at a joint news conference with OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel. In his words, if Azerbaijan hopes to increase its military potential by using the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, this opinion is not true. «There is no military solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict,» V. Oskanian stated. In the Minister's words, if it were possible to decide the issue by force, it would have already been solved, as Armenia has twice had military victories. At that he remarked that the Armenian party considers Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan from the point of view of prospects of establishment of peace, as foreign capital is invested in the project and the decision to launch hostilities can be made not only by Azerbaijan.