YEREVAN.- Socialist parties have more opportunities to resolve the Karabakh conflict, said leader of Armenia’s United Progressive Communist Party Vazgen Safaryan.

“United Progressive Communist Party of Armenia considers that the principle of self-determination is more important than the principle of territorial integrity. More than 90 countries around the world appeared on the map thanks to this principle,” he said, stressing that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is considered by his party as the most important foreign policy issue.

According to him, today Azerbaijan is trying to get political dividends from Russia thanks to its oil resources.

“We offer Russia-Armenia-Iran union to counter this. The union should serve as a basis for mutual economic interests. For example, construction of a gas pipeline from Iran to Armenia. Iran should become Armenia’s full partner,” he concluded.