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VARTAN OSKANIAN: SPEKING OF THE PRESIDENTS' MEETING STILL UNTIMELY
ArmRadio.am
26.10.2006 10:12
At this point there is no need for the meeting of the Presidents of
Armenia and Azerbaijan. Speaking of it is untimely, said RA Foreign
Minister Vartan Oskanian, noting that after the November 14th meeting
with the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister in Brussels the OSCE Minsk
Group Co-Chars may visit the region, after which it will be decided
whether the meeting of the Presidents in necessary.
The Minister clarified that the Co-Chairs had suggested several
new ideas at the meeting in Moscow. During the past two weeks
the Armenian side has been discussing these ideas, NKR opinion
has also been considered. The complete position of the Armenian
side was presented October 24 in Paris during the meeting of the
Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan held under the auspice
of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-hairs. Vartan Oskanian noted that there
are no common edges so far, but it is not ruled out that during
the next meeting it will become possible to bring the positions
somehow closer. The Foreign Minister noted also that the document
on principles is quite compete and envisages all the questions,
including the right of self-determination of Arsakhi people and the
status of Nagorno Karabakh. According to him, the document may be
accomplished phase by phase. The question of return of territories is
also part of the common package. The question will be discussed when
there is certain clarity connected with the self-determination aright
and the status of NKR. In Oskanian's word, by saying "territories"
we mean all the territories - Northern parts of Artsakh, Martakert,
Martuni and Shahumyan. All of these are matters of dispute.
ArmRadio.am
26.10.2006 10:12
At this point there is no need for the meeting of the Presidents of
Armenia and Azerbaijan. Speaking of it is untimely, said RA Foreign
Minister Vartan Oskanian, noting that after the November 14th meeting
with the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister in Brussels the OSCE Minsk
Group Co-Chars may visit the region, after which it will be decided
whether the meeting of the Presidents in necessary.
The Minister clarified that the Co-Chairs had suggested several
new ideas at the meeting in Moscow. During the past two weeks
the Armenian side has been discussing these ideas, NKR opinion
has also been considered. The complete position of the Armenian
side was presented October 24 in Paris during the meeting of the
Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan held under the auspice
of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-hairs. Vartan Oskanian noted that there
are no common edges so far, but it is not ruled out that during
the next meeting it will become possible to bring the positions
somehow closer. The Foreign Minister noted also that the document
on principles is quite compete and envisages all the questions,
including the right of self-determination of Arsakhi people and the
status of Nagorno Karabakh. According to him, the document may be
accomplished phase by phase. The question of return of territories is
also part of the common package. The question will be discussed when
there is certain clarity connected with the self-determination aright
and the status of NKR. In Oskanian's word, by saying "territories"
we mean all the territories - Northern parts of Artsakh, Martakert,
Martuni and Shahumyan. All of these are matters of dispute.