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    MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
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    PRESS AND INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
    Government House # 2, Republic Square
    Yerevan 0010, Republic of Armenia
    Telephone: +37410. 544041 ext 202
    Fax: +37410. 562543
    Email: [email protected]
    www.armeniaforeignministry.am <http://www.armeniaforeignministry.am/>

    PRESS RELEASE

    26-06-2006

    Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Taking into account the statement that the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
    presented to the OSCE Permanent Council, in Vienna, on June 22, and the
    interview that Matt Bryza, the new US co-chair gave soon thereafter, where
    albeit partially, the principles of the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
    conflict were revealed for the first time, and also taking into account the
    recent desperate calls by Azerbaijan for a military solution and autonomy
    for Nagorno Karabakh, we would like to make several observations.

    1. The co-chairs have partially revealed the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
    resolution principles; they have left out references to a corridor linking
    Nagorno Karabakh to Armenia, and issues relating to Nagorno Karabakh¹s
    interim status until a referendum;
    2. The co-chairs have, for the first time, affirmed that the people of
    Nagorno Karabakh shall determine their own future status through a
    referendum;
    3. Those items over which the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan continue
    to disagree does not include a referendum; that concept has been agreed to
    by the presidents; The area of disagreement between the presidents has to do
    with the sequence in which the consequences of the military conflict are
    removed;
    4. In an attempt to resolve this remaining area of disagreement, a proposal
    was made by the co-chairs after Rambouillet. This proposal was accepted by
    Armenia in Bucharest. Azerbaijan rejected it;
    5. Armenia finds that the basic principles, overall, on the table today
    remain a serious basis for continuing negotiations; Armenia is prepared to
    continue on that basis to negotiate with Azerbaijan;
    6. Armenia believes that Azerbaijan¹s wavering on these principles is a
    serious obstacle to progress in the negotiations. If this policy continues,
    Armenia will insist that Azerbaijan conduct direct negotiations with Nagorno
    Karabakh;
    7. Finally, we would remind Azerbaijan once again that regardless of the
    size of their military budget, they cannot force the people of Nagorno
    Karabakh to renounce freedom and the right to self-determination.
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