Levon Ter-Petrosyan: "Armenia will have no chances for economic development until the Karabakh conflict is resolved"

The due announcement was made by Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan at a press conference in Yerevan.

He considers that "the details and versions of the conflict resolution are not important, only a political will is needed".

"This will never occur if Prime Minister Serj Sarkisyan is elected the President of Armenia", Levon Ter-Petrosyan noted.

According to him, Armenia will have no chances for economic development until the Karabakh conflict is resolved and it will not be able to become a modern and worthy state.

"Armenia is be isolated both politically and economically. Itsoutlet via Azerbaijan to Russia, Middle Asia and Far East and even to Europe, as well as via Turkey to the Near East and Europe are closed", the ex-president noted.

He said Armenia has become a country, which lacks prospects of development and three elements may promote the way out of the situation, including the soonest resolution of the Karabakh conflict, opening of Armenia's roads to the external world and normalization of its direct neighbors, including Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Iran.

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