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LAVROV: AGREEMENTS ON KARABAKH SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO ALL CONFLICTING SIDES
/ARKA/
August 19, 2010
YEREVAN
Agreements on Karabakh should be acceptable to all conflicting sides,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with
Armenian Public Television.
Otherwise, any attempts to settle the conflict will be ineffective.
Lavrov said that Russia had repeatedly said that it would accept any
solution acceptable to all the sides of the conflict and is ready to
become a guarantor of the settlement along with the United States,
France and the OSCE.
"What Russia as a nation is doing for settling the Karabakh conflict
is inseparable from those steps it takes with its American and French
partners as co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group," he said in his interview.
The minister said that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pays special
attention to the Karabakh problem and seeks compromising solutions
to it.
The president has met with his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts.
"I was present at these meetings and can place it on record that
tanks were very open and sincere," Lavrov said.
At these meetings, he said, Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents were
frankly presenting the obstacles to be overcome for finding a solution
acceptable to both sides.
The Russian minister also stressed that Medvedev's efforts are
supported by other OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries.
"Our objective is to follow the instructions the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chair countries' leaders have given to foreign ministers and
special envoys of the three countries," he said adding that these
instructions imply the search of ways for peaceful settlement based
on the principles agreed by the sides and reflecting the key OSCE
principles.
Lavrov thinks this is not an easy situation, and, in his opinion,
things are aggravated by outside factors.
Nevertheless, he said, the efforts will be continued.
"I hope we will reach progress," the Russian foreign minister said
in his interview.
From: A. Papazian
/ARKA/
August 19, 2010
YEREVAN
Agreements on Karabakh should be acceptable to all conflicting sides,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with
Armenian Public Television.
Otherwise, any attempts to settle the conflict will be ineffective.
Lavrov said that Russia had repeatedly said that it would accept any
solution acceptable to all the sides of the conflict and is ready to
become a guarantor of the settlement along with the United States,
France and the OSCE.
"What Russia as a nation is doing for settling the Karabakh conflict
is inseparable from those steps it takes with its American and French
partners as co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group," he said in his interview.
The minister said that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pays special
attention to the Karabakh problem and seeks compromising solutions
to it.
The president has met with his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts.
"I was present at these meetings and can place it on record that
tanks were very open and sincere," Lavrov said.
At these meetings, he said, Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents were
frankly presenting the obstacles to be overcome for finding a solution
acceptable to both sides.
The Russian minister also stressed that Medvedev's efforts are
supported by other OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries.
"Our objective is to follow the instructions the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chair countries' leaders have given to foreign ministers and
special envoys of the three countries," he said adding that these
instructions imply the search of ways for peaceful settlement based
on the principles agreed by the sides and reflecting the key OSCE
principles.
Lavrov thinks this is not an easy situation, and, in his opinion,
things are aggravated by outside factors.
Nevertheless, he said, the efforts will be continued.
"I hope we will reach progress," the Russian foreign minister said
in his interview.
From: A. Papazian