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Zaman, Turkey
July 3 2004
Yerevan Gives First Signals of Withdrawal
Earlier this week Armenian Foreign Affairs Minister Vartan Oskanyan
reportedly hinted that Armenian forces might withdraw from all of the
occupied territories in Azerbaijan except Karabagh.
Oskanyan explained the development during a tripartite meeting with
Turkish Foreign Minster Abdullah Gul and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister
Ahmet Mehmetyarov at the June 28-29 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) summit in Istanbul, Turkey.
Gul talked about that meeting during yesterday's session of the
Justice and Development Party (AKP) Central Executive Decision
Committee (MKYK). Gul indicated that Oskanyan had said, "We can
withdraw from all territories except Karabagh."
Gul pointed out that the Azerbaijani Minister reacted favorably to
this development. "An important step has been taken towards resolving
the Armenian issue," declared Gul.
07.03.2004
Omer Sahin
July 3 2004
Yerevan Gives First Signals of Withdrawal
Earlier this week Armenian Foreign Affairs Minister Vartan Oskanyan
reportedly hinted that Armenian forces might withdraw from all of the
occupied territories in Azerbaijan except Karabagh.
Oskanyan explained the development during a tripartite meeting with
Turkish Foreign Minster Abdullah Gul and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister
Ahmet Mehmetyarov at the June 28-29 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) summit in Istanbul, Turkey.
Gul talked about that meeting during yesterday's session of the
Justice and Development Party (AKP) Central Executive Decision
Committee (MKYK). Gul indicated that Oskanyan had said, "We can
withdraw from all territories except Karabagh."
Gul pointed out that the Azerbaijani Minister reacted favorably to
this development. "An important step has been taken towards resolving
the Armenian issue," declared Gul.
07.03.2004
Omer Sahin