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RA PRESIDENT SAYS THE DOCUMENT, PRESENTED TO THE SIDES IN SAINT PETERSBURG, GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE TALKS
ARMENPRESS
JULY 21, 2010
SEVAN
The Nagorno Karabakh issue is currently being negotiated within the
framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, the Co-Chairs of which are the US,
France and Russia. The Minsk Group's offers, called Madrid Principles
in 2007, were presented to the sides as a base for the regulation. Then
the two sides adopted the document as a base, on which the talks have
been carried out for three years.
The latest offers were presented to the sides during the meeting
in Saint Petersburg,' RA President Serzh Sargsyan said today at the
meeting with the members of 'Miasin' Youth Movement in Lake Sevan.
According to the President, the matter is that Azerbaijan should
answer whether it accepts the offers as a base for talks or not. 'The
rest and the statements of Azerbaijani officials are from the sphere
of wishes. The rest, they speak about, is their ideas about the
negotiations,' Mr. Serzh Sargsyan noted. He added that the talks will
go on, in case Azerbaijan says it approves the offers. Otherwise,
the President said, some other ways out should be found. President
Serzh Sargsyan reminded that three principles are available for the
regulation of the issue- Helsinki Final Act's principle of territorial
integrity of states, principle of non-usage of force or threat of
force, principle of self-determination of peoples.
'As the Azerbaijani side have always been speaking about the principle
of territorial integrity, the OSCE Co-Chairs stated clearly at the
meeting in Almaty that no any principle can have supremacy towards
another one,' President Serzh Sargsyan said. He added that the foreign
ministers of Russia and France and US deputy Secretary of State
spoke quite tough about the warlike statements of Azerbaijan. 'The
talks currently go on. Armenia and Azerbaijan should answer whether
they accept the latest offers, presented at the meeting in Saint
Petersburg, as a base for talks or not. We say that the document
gives an opportunity to continue the negotiations. We wait for the
respond of Azerbaijan. The rest of the statements, conclusions are
either wishes or comments on previous stages of the talks.
Their own comment is intended for the people of Azerbaijan. Maybe
they want to inspire their people or take a desire as a reality,
but this is a useless amusement. We never want to be engaged in a
useless amusement. We say that the issue should be settled and the
settlement is possible via mutual concessions. Nonetheless, there is
an important circumstance and we will not accept any step or offer
until it is solved,' RA President Serzh Sargsyan said.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
JULY 21, 2010
SEVAN
The Nagorno Karabakh issue is currently being negotiated within the
framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, the Co-Chairs of which are the US,
France and Russia. The Minsk Group's offers, called Madrid Principles
in 2007, were presented to the sides as a base for the regulation. Then
the two sides adopted the document as a base, on which the talks have
been carried out for three years.
The latest offers were presented to the sides during the meeting
in Saint Petersburg,' RA President Serzh Sargsyan said today at the
meeting with the members of 'Miasin' Youth Movement in Lake Sevan.
According to the President, the matter is that Azerbaijan should
answer whether it accepts the offers as a base for talks or not. 'The
rest and the statements of Azerbaijani officials are from the sphere
of wishes. The rest, they speak about, is their ideas about the
negotiations,' Mr. Serzh Sargsyan noted. He added that the talks will
go on, in case Azerbaijan says it approves the offers. Otherwise,
the President said, some other ways out should be found. President
Serzh Sargsyan reminded that three principles are available for the
regulation of the issue- Helsinki Final Act's principle of territorial
integrity of states, principle of non-usage of force or threat of
force, principle of self-determination of peoples.
'As the Azerbaijani side have always been speaking about the principle
of territorial integrity, the OSCE Co-Chairs stated clearly at the
meeting in Almaty that no any principle can have supremacy towards
another one,' President Serzh Sargsyan said. He added that the foreign
ministers of Russia and France and US deputy Secretary of State
spoke quite tough about the warlike statements of Azerbaijan. 'The
talks currently go on. Armenia and Azerbaijan should answer whether
they accept the latest offers, presented at the meeting in Saint
Petersburg, as a base for talks or not. We say that the document
gives an opportunity to continue the negotiations. We wait for the
respond of Azerbaijan. The rest of the statements, conclusions are
either wishes or comments on previous stages of the talks.
Their own comment is intended for the people of Azerbaijan. Maybe
they want to inspire their people or take a desire as a reality,
but this is a useless amusement. We never want to be engaged in a
useless amusement. We say that the issue should be settled and the
settlement is possible via mutual concessions. Nonetheless, there is
an important circumstance and we will not accept any step or offer
until it is solved,' RA President Serzh Sargsyan said.
From: A. Papazian