NKR PRESIDENT: "IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH THE CONFLICT SETTLEMENT WITHOUT THE NKR'S FULL-FLEDGED PARTICIPATION"
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2009-03-02 16:50
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
>From February 28 to March 1, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Matthew
Bryza (USA), Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia) and Bernard Fassier (France)
were on a working visit to Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
NKR President Bako Sahakyan received the Co-Chairs. According to
the Central Information Department of the NKR President's Office a
wide range of issues related to the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict
settlement were discussed at the meeting.
Bako Sahakyan underlined that it is impossible to reach a comprehensive
settlement of the conflict without the restoration of the full-fledged
format of negotiations and direct participation of Nagorno Karabakh
Republic in all the stages of negotiation process. The co-chairs also
expressed confidence that the consent and participation of Nagorno
Karabakh and its people are necessary for the final resolution of
the conflict.
The Head of State also touched upon the anti-Armenian and militaristic
rhetoric of Azerbaijan and called it one of the main obstacles for
the peaceful settlement.
NKR Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgy Petrossyan and Personal
Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk partook
in the meeting.
"We tried to give Mr.Sahakyan detailed information about President
Aliyev's and Sargsyan's meeting in Zurich and what kind of new
opportunities for the settlement process we have seen at the end of
the meeting. We shared our impressions and ideas with him and we are
very glad that they were listened to and understood. The talk was
very meaningful", OSCE MG Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov said to
the journalists after the meeting.
Meanwhile he noted that the co-chairs heard from the President "a lot
of interesting and useful information about Nagorno Karabakh's state,
its economic and social situation".
On March 1, the OSCE MG Co-Chairs left for Yerevan.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2009-03-02 16:50
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
>From February 28 to March 1, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Matthew
Bryza (USA), Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia) and Bernard Fassier (France)
were on a working visit to Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
NKR President Bako Sahakyan received the Co-Chairs. According to
the Central Information Department of the NKR President's Office a
wide range of issues related to the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict
settlement were discussed at the meeting.
Bako Sahakyan underlined that it is impossible to reach a comprehensive
settlement of the conflict without the restoration of the full-fledged
format of negotiations and direct participation of Nagorno Karabakh
Republic in all the stages of negotiation process. The co-chairs also
expressed confidence that the consent and participation of Nagorno
Karabakh and its people are necessary for the final resolution of
the conflict.
The Head of State also touched upon the anti-Armenian and militaristic
rhetoric of Azerbaijan and called it one of the main obstacles for
the peaceful settlement.
NKR Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgy Petrossyan and Personal
Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk partook
in the meeting.
"We tried to give Mr.Sahakyan detailed information about President
Aliyev's and Sargsyan's meeting in Zurich and what kind of new
opportunities for the settlement process we have seen at the end of
the meeting. We shared our impressions and ideas with him and we are
very glad that they were listened to and understood. The talk was
very meaningful", OSCE MG Russian Co-Chair Yuri Merzlyakov said to
the journalists after the meeting.
Meanwhile he noted that the co-chairs heard from the President "a lot
of interesting and useful information about Nagorno Karabakh's state,
its economic and social situation".
On March 1, the OSCE MG Co-Chairs left for Yerevan.