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    Armenpress

    OSKANIAN SOUNDS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT KARABAKH RESOLUTION PROSPECTS

    YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 29, ARMENPRESS: Armenian foreign minister Vartan
    Oskanian echoed today president Robert Kocharian, who sounded cautiously
    optimistic on Tuesday about prospects for the resolution of the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
    Speaking to a joint news conference in Yerevan with Heikki Talvitie, EU's
    special representative for the South Caucasus, Oskanian said there was a
    positive shift in the negotiating process, but warned that both sides would
    have to exercise efforts to catch the rare chance to register further
    progress. According to Oskanian, this prospect is likely to come after
    parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan. Oskanian described Talvitie's
    impression from a visit to Baku earlier this week 'interesting,' underlining
    there was 'a momentum' for the conflict resolution. Oskanian also said the
    date and venue of his next meeting with Azeri counterpart, Elmar Mamedyarov
    was not clear yet.
    Talvitie added that the EU was interested in establishing stability in
    this region and that all sides should work to achieve it. Asked to comment
    on a yesterday European parliament resolution reiterating that Turkey must
    recognize the Armenian genocide before the start of EU accession talks,
    Talvitie said: "if accession talks begin Armenia-Turkey relations will be on
    their agenda. This will give an opportunity to regulate their sensitive
    relations."
    Oskanian in turn urged EU to keep this issue high on its agenda, saying
    the more EU discusses it the more it will contribute to normalization of
    Armenian-Turkish relations. Referring to constitutional reform process in
    Armenia Talvitie said the EU supports the process "as it would be a
    significant step forward in terms of making the basic law of the country
    more democratic."
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