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NAGORNO-KARABAKH SEIZED CHANCE AT SELF-DETERMINATION -- KOCHARIAN
Interfax News Agency
Russia & CIS Military Newswire
June 5, 2006 Monday 6:30 PM MSK
Armenian President Robert Kocharian believes that Nagorno-Karabakh
has virtually realized its right to self-determination.
"The people of Nagorno-Karabakh have realized in practice their
right to self-determination in full conformity with international
norms," Kocharian said in his speech at the Black Sea summit forum
"For Dialogue and Partnership in Bucharest, the presidential press
service told Interfax on Monday.
"For 15 years, the republic of Nagorno-Karabakh has been asserting its
right to independence by its own achievements in building statehood,"
the Armenian president said, adding that a whole generation of
Nagorno-Karabakh residents associated themselves with this statehood.
He called for efforts to promote Karabakh's integration into the
international community.
Armenian and Azeri Presidents Robert Kocharian and Ilham Aliyev met
in Bucharest on June 4 to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.
The first part of their meeting, also attended by the Armenian and
Azeri foreign ministers and international mediators from Russia,
France and the United States, lasted about an hour, Armenian Public
Television reported later in the day.
After that, Kocharian and Aliyev talked in private for three hours.
They refused to comment on the results of the talk.
Interfax News Agency
Russia & CIS Military Newswire
June 5, 2006 Monday 6:30 PM MSK
Armenian President Robert Kocharian believes that Nagorno-Karabakh
has virtually realized its right to self-determination.
"The people of Nagorno-Karabakh have realized in practice their
right to self-determination in full conformity with international
norms," Kocharian said in his speech at the Black Sea summit forum
"For Dialogue and Partnership in Bucharest, the presidential press
service told Interfax on Monday.
"For 15 years, the republic of Nagorno-Karabakh has been asserting its
right to independence by its own achievements in building statehood,"
the Armenian president said, adding that a whole generation of
Nagorno-Karabakh residents associated themselves with this statehood.
He called for efforts to promote Karabakh's integration into the
international community.
Armenian and Azeri Presidents Robert Kocharian and Ilham Aliyev met
in Bucharest on June 4 to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.
The first part of their meeting, also attended by the Armenian and
Azeri foreign ministers and international mediators from Russia,
France and the United States, lasted about an hour, Armenian Public
Television reported later in the day.
After that, Kocharian and Aliyev talked in private for three hours.
They refused to comment on the results of the talk.