Karabakh Was Mentioned As A Party To The Talks, Mkrtich Minasyan Say

[Tambiyan Samvel]

KARABAKH WAS MENTIONED AS A PARTY TO THE TALKS, MKRTICH MINASYAN SAYS
Nvard Davtyan

"Radiolur"
27.01.2010 16:32

"The trilateral presidential meeting in Sochi evidences that despite
the bellicose statements of Azerbaijan, the process of settlement
of the Karabakh issue continues at the bargaining table," Republican
MP Mkrtich Minasyan told a press conference today. According to him,
the fact that Nagorno Karabakh was mentioned as a party to the talks
in the preamble to the document was an important achievement.

Mkrtich Minasyan doesn't tie the recent activeness in the Karabakh
settlement process to the Armenian-Turkish relations. "Despite some
internal link, the Armenian-Turkish and the Armenian-Azerbaijani
issues are separate processes," he said.

The Republican MP hopes that there will be some clarity in the
Armenian-Turkish relations in March. "The one, who has closed the
border, will open it, and Armenia will only benefit from it," he said.

President of the People's Party Tigran Karapetyan considers that
"no one wants to see the Karabakh issue solved today."