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“The NKR Can Never Accept the Madrid Principles as a Basis for Negotiations”

[ 14 December, 2009 | 17:15 ]

M-Harutyunyan_8.11.09An interview with Mher Harutyunyan, Director of the “Kajar”Analytical Center of Shushi and Assistant Professor of Historical Sciences at Artsakh State University.

The NKR seeks to garner international recognition. This first step could be taken by the RoA. Armenian authorities argue that they will not grant recognition in order to hinder negotiations and lead the settlement process into a dead end. »»»»»


Rafik Melkonyan: The 19 Year-Old Soldier They Call the “Poet”

[ 27 October, 2009 | 14:07 ]

Banastexc_27.10.09I wrote my first poems when I was around 15 or 16 years-old. I wrote mostly at night, when I could think deeply; when there was no one around to bother me” explains Private Rafik Melkonyan, “I also write her in the army, I write during the breaks while on patrol duty.”

19 year-old Rafik has been serving in the NKR Defense Army for the past 16 months. We got acquainted quite by accident. When we asked a visiting Lieutenant-Colonel Hovik Danielyan about the creative and artistic types in the units under his command, they immediately called for the “poet”. »»»»»