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RA President: Medvedev addresses his vision on Karabakh settlement to parties
July 1, 2011 - 21:28 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - `In Kazan, we really could make a breakthrough in
Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, but, regretfully, it did not
happen,' Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said.
He reminded that in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe, before the summit, he had stated that there may be a
breakthrough in Kazan, if Azerbaijan does not make new claims.
`Regretfully, in Kazan official Baku showed the same conduct as during
the last year and a half. Azerbaijan carried in about 10 new changes
to the existing document. All of us know that any alternation in the
document will require changes in other points and sub-points,' The
Armenian leader said commenting on the Kazan meeting and presenting
his view on future of the process.
He reminded that this scenario has repeated at least 4 times within
the last 15 months. He thinks that this time the chance was omitted,
however, according to the President, `this does not mean the end of
negotiations, but it means that we have lost a period before a new
meeting.' `The Russian President and Minsk Group co-chars asserted
their intention to continue efforts in this issue, and the President
of Russia told me yesterday on the phone that he had already addressed
his vision in a written form. I think we shall receive it soon, and
we'll see how to move on,' Mr.Sargsyan said.
The summit between Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in Kazan on June 24
completed without an agreement on basic principles of Nagorno Karabakh
conflict settlement. `The countries' leaders registered mutual
understanding on a range of problems, the resolution of which boosts
creation of conditions for approving main principles. The meeting
participants considered the course of works carried out with the aim
of coordination of the project with basic principles,' according to
the statement. The Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan expressed
gratitude to the Russian, French and U.S. leaders, the OSCE Minsk
group co-chairs, for `their constant attention to Nagorno-Karabakh
problem' and highly praised personal efforts of the Russian President
in support of agreements.
Later on Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbanian noted that the
June 24 meeting was not a breakthrough, as Azerbaijan proved unready
to accept the final version of the basic principles suggested by the
OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs. Instead, the Azerbaijani leader attempted
to impose 10 new proposals, thus precluding the possibility of any
agreement on the issue,' he added.
July 1, 2011 - 21:28 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - `In Kazan, we really could make a breakthrough in
Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, but, regretfully, it did not
happen,' Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said.
He reminded that in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe, before the summit, he had stated that there may be a
breakthrough in Kazan, if Azerbaijan does not make new claims.
`Regretfully, in Kazan official Baku showed the same conduct as during
the last year and a half. Azerbaijan carried in about 10 new changes
to the existing document. All of us know that any alternation in the
document will require changes in other points and sub-points,' The
Armenian leader said commenting on the Kazan meeting and presenting
his view on future of the process.
He reminded that this scenario has repeated at least 4 times within
the last 15 months. He thinks that this time the chance was omitted,
however, according to the President, `this does not mean the end of
negotiations, but it means that we have lost a period before a new
meeting.' `The Russian President and Minsk Group co-chars asserted
their intention to continue efforts in this issue, and the President
of Russia told me yesterday on the phone that he had already addressed
his vision in a written form. I think we shall receive it soon, and
we'll see how to move on,' Mr.Sargsyan said.
The summit between Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in Kazan on June 24
completed without an agreement on basic principles of Nagorno Karabakh
conflict settlement. `The countries' leaders registered mutual
understanding on a range of problems, the resolution of which boosts
creation of conditions for approving main principles. The meeting
participants considered the course of works carried out with the aim
of coordination of the project with basic principles,' according to
the statement. The Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan expressed
gratitude to the Russian, French and U.S. leaders, the OSCE Minsk
group co-chairs, for `their constant attention to Nagorno-Karabakh
problem' and highly praised personal efforts of the Russian President
in support of agreements.
Later on Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbanian noted that the
June 24 meeting was not a breakthrough, as Azerbaijan proved unready
to accept the final version of the basic principles suggested by the
OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs. Instead, the Azerbaijani leader attempted
to impose 10 new proposals, thus precluding the possibility of any
agreement on the issue,' he added.