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ARMENIA TO CONTINUE TALKS ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH.
ITAR-TASS
June 25 2011
Russia
YEREVAN, June 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Armenia will continue to hold talks
on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, because this is
the only way the settlement could be achieved, says a statement of
Armenian Foreign Minister Edvard Nalbandyan, which was circulated
here on Saturday by the department for the press, information and
public relations of the Foreign Ministry.
"We shall go on with the talks, because there is no other way to
achieve the settlement," the Minister stated. He is positive that
"the Nagorno-Karabakh problem could be settled only by peaceful means,
with the help of talks."
The meeting of the presidents of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in
Kazan "did not become a turning point, because Azerbaijan was not
ready to accept the latest version of the basic principles of the
settlement, suggested by co-chairpersons of the OSCE Minsk Group for
Nagorno-Karabakh," Nalbandyan believes.
"Anyway, it was a useful meeting, because we continued to discuss the
principles in a detailed way," he said. "It is important that President
Dmitry Medvedev of Russia, who has made a major contribution to the
process over the past three years, expressed willingness to continue
to exert efforts for coordinating the principles and for achieving
final accord on their basis."
The chairperson countries - Russia, France and the United States --
issued a statement recently in Dovile, France, in which they "urged
the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to reach agreement in Kazan,"
he reminded. "U.S. President Barack Obama also urged the Armenian
and Azerbaijani presidents to do that in their telephone conversations.
The same idea was expressed in the messages, sent to Ilkham Aliyev
and Serge Sargsyan by French President Nicolas Sarkozy."
"Azerbaijan suggested about a dozen of amendments, however, and this
is the reason why the meeting in Kazan did not become a turning point,"
the Armenian Foreign Minister stressed.
From: A. Papazian
ITAR-TASS
June 25 2011
Russia
YEREVAN, June 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Armenia will continue to hold talks
on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, because this is
the only way the settlement could be achieved, says a statement of
Armenian Foreign Minister Edvard Nalbandyan, which was circulated
here on Saturday by the department for the press, information and
public relations of the Foreign Ministry.
"We shall go on with the talks, because there is no other way to
achieve the settlement," the Minister stated. He is positive that
"the Nagorno-Karabakh problem could be settled only by peaceful means,
with the help of talks."
The meeting of the presidents of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in
Kazan "did not become a turning point, because Azerbaijan was not
ready to accept the latest version of the basic principles of the
settlement, suggested by co-chairpersons of the OSCE Minsk Group for
Nagorno-Karabakh," Nalbandyan believes.
"Anyway, it was a useful meeting, because we continued to discuss the
principles in a detailed way," he said. "It is important that President
Dmitry Medvedev of Russia, who has made a major contribution to the
process over the past three years, expressed willingness to continue
to exert efforts for coordinating the principles and for achieving
final accord on their basis."
The chairperson countries - Russia, France and the United States --
issued a statement recently in Dovile, France, in which they "urged
the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to reach agreement in Kazan,"
he reminded. "U.S. President Barack Obama also urged the Armenian
and Azerbaijani presidents to do that in their telephone conversations.
The same idea was expressed in the messages, sent to Ilkham Aliyev
and Serge Sargsyan by French President Nicolas Sarkozy."
"Azerbaijan suggested about a dozen of amendments, however, and this
is the reason why the meeting in Kazan did not become a turning point,"
the Armenian Foreign Minister stressed.
From: A. Papazian