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    ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS NOT LINKED TO KARABAKH PROCESS

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    09.10.2009 14:11 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The October 8 meeting between Armenian President
    Serzh Sargsyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev proved
    that Armenian-Turkish reconciliation is not linked to the Nagorno
    Karabakh conflict settlement process, Orinats Yerkir party member
    Hovhannes Margaryan said.

    "Upon completion of the meeting, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs stated
    that the Karabakh conflict should be resolved in compliance with the
    right of nations to self-determination and non-use of force and with
    respect to the principle of territorial integrity," he said.

    The ending of the statement diminishes the importance of the principle
    of territorial integrity, according to Margaryan.

    Meanwhile, the statement the Co-Chairs issued on October 9 says,

    "The President of Armenia Serzh Sargsian and the President of
    Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met in Chisinau, Moldova on 8 October at
    the residence of the U.S. Ambassador. The meeting was organized
    by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov of the
    Russian Federation, Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France, Ambassador
    Robert Bradtke of the United States) in the presence of the personal
    representative of the Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andzrej Kasprzyk.

    This was the fifth meeting between the two presidents in the last ten
    months and confirmed the positive dynamic of their negotiations. The
    meeting further promoted elaboration of the Basic Principles for
    the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The talks
    were constructive and serious, including an in-depth, line-by-line
    discussion of a number of points of the Co-Chairs' proposals.

    The presidents asked the Co-Chairs to incorporate the results of
    the discussion into their proposals in advance of the next meeting
    between the two."
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